DictionaryRoot: casubla
Latin

casubla

ecclesiastical outer garment

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During Mass, a priest wears a sleeveless outer vestment over other garments while standing at the altar.
noun

chasuble

CHAZ-yuh-bul/ˈtʃæzjəbl/

A sleeveless outer garment worn by a priest during Mass.

Etymology

Latin casubla is traced, through an unexplained alteration, to casula, meaning “little hut.” The hut word also named an outer garment because hooded clothing suggested little houses, supplying the image behind the priestly vestment’s name.

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