soutane

soutane — noun

1. a full-length black garment that fastens down the front with buttons, forming th

1.名詞C2
釋義

a full-length black garment that fastens down the front with buttons, forming the standard everyday clothing of Roman Catholic clergy

例句

Father Okafor put on his soutane before the morning Mass began.

wear a soutane — garment put on for church duties

The tailor measured the cloth for a new soutane with thirty-three buttons down the front.

collocation: new soutane

同義詞
  • cassock

    more general and common term; soutane is specifically the French-style fitted cassock

  • robe

    much broader term — can refer to any loose outer garment, not only clerical dress

  • vestment

    refers specifically to garments worn during liturgical worship, not everyday clerical dress

文法句型

a + soutane

soutane + verb

用法筆記

This term is less common in everyday speech than the synonym cassock; soutane is the French-derived term and is more frequent in formal theological writing or in Catholic liturgical contexts.

常見錯誤

❌The gardener wore a soutane while trimming the hedges.
✅The gardener wore an apron while trimming the hedges.
💡Soutane refers only to a priest's garment, not to general protective clothing.
❌All the hospital staff wore white soutanes.
✅All the hospital staff wore white coats.
💡Soutane is a specific religious garment, not a kind of uniform coat.