Chasuble Definition

chăzə-bəl, chăzhə-, chăsə-
noun
A sleeveless outer vestment worn over the alb by priests at Mass.
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Other Word Forms of Chasuble

Noun

Singular:
chasuble
Plural:
chasubles

Origin of Chasuble

  • Old French chesible, from late Latin casubla, an alteration of Latin casula (“little cottage, hooded cloak”), a diminutive of casa (“house”).

    From Wiktionary

  • French from Old French from Late Latin casubla hooded garment from casupula diminutive of casa house

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Chasuble Sentence Examples

  • Note the absence of the mitre, the chasuble short or tucked up in front, the maniple still carried in the left hand.

  • Hitherto the chasuble had been worn indifferently by all ministers at the eucharist, even by the acolytes; it had been worn also at processions and other non-liturgical functions; it was now exalted into the mass vestment par excellence, worn by the celebrant only, or by his immediate assistants (deacon and subdeacon) only on very special occasions.

  • During the first centuries both branches of the Church had used vestments substantially the same, developed from common originals; the alb, chasuble, stole and pallium were the equivalents of the anxItinov, e t fvoXcov, copapcov and 1 The rationale is worn only over the chasuble.

  • Over this the priest, robing for mass, puts on the amice, alb, girdle (cingulum), stole, maniple and chasuble.

  • Archbishops, on solemn occasions, wear the pallium over the chasuble.

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