noun
chasuble
CHAZ-yuh-bul/ˈtʃæzjəbl/
A sleeveless outer garment worn by a priest during Mass.
The priest wears a chasuble over his other vestments at the altar.
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.
In context
But the main event of the pope's mass attire is the chasuble.
So what we're looking at here is a late fifteenth century chasuble, and the fabric
More examples
- A gold cross decorates the chasuble.
- The museum displays an embroidered medieval chasuble.
- The wide chasuble falls over the priest's shoulders.
Forms
chasuble · chasubles
Similar words
- robe
- Robe is a general garment term; chasuble is a specific sleeveless liturgical vestment.