soutane
IPA: suteɪn
noun
- A long gown with sleeves and buttons at the front, particularly when worn by Roman Catholic clerics.
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Examples of "soutane" in Sentences
- Its followers are known for wearing white robes which they call soutane.
- Jaw clenched in triumph, the priest whipped aside the skirts of his soutane.
- The priest hurries past on his way to say mass, the soutane flying superhero-style.
- Navin Patel can go one better, having donned his surplus and soutane to line up for one such team.
- Close up, the priest too had an institutional tinge; boiled-tattie complexion, musty soutane and a home haircut.
- Hampered by his voluminous soutane, the priest tripped and fell, water and mud flying in spatters all around him.
- She rang the bell and when the door opened, Father Morrison, in a soutane large enough to double as a tent, loomed over her.
- Watts can provide you with a classical soutane - piped fuchsia edges an optional extra - but it's the glorious copes and chasubles that catch the eye.
- Father Bain's soutane was ripped down one side, showing an expanse of hairless white thigh with an ugly gash and several puncture marks beginning to ooze blood.
- When he got within forty yards of the church, he realized that the figure was not dressed in a long coat, but rather the vestments, or soutane, of a Catholic priest.
- "If you'll come to the surgery with me, Father, I'll cleanse those cuts for you," I offered, suppressing a smile at the spectacle the fat little priest presented, soutane flapping and argyle socks revealed.
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