Chasuble
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈt͡ʃæzjʊbəl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chasuble is a noun meaning (Christianity) The outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for celebrating Eucharist or Mass, equivalent to the phelonion of the Eastern tradition.
Meaning
(Christianity) The outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for celebrating Eucharist or Mass, equivalent to the phelonion of the Eastern tradition.
Example Sentences
He has magenta eyes, like old-fashioned vest buttons; he’s mowsy and glaubrous, brown like arnica and then green as the Nile; he’s quaky and qualmy and queasy and teasy; he chews chasubles and ripples rasubly.
Day broke. He saw three black hens asleep in a tree. He shuddered, horrified at this omen. Then he promised the Holy Virgin three chasubles for the church, and that he would go barefooted from the cemetery at Bertaux to the chapel of Vassonville.
Word Forms
- chasubles
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include chasible, chesible, pallium, pall, amphibalus, chimere.
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