This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Cassock" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(November 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
First native Catholic priest in the Belgian Congo, wearing a Roman cassock with the standard 33 buttons. Early 1900s.
Part of a series on
Western dress codes and corresponding attires
Formal (full dress)
White tie
Morning dress
Full dress uniform
Frock coat
Evening gown
Ball gown
Semi-formal (half dress)
Black tie
Black lounge suit
Mess dress uniform
Evening gown
Cocktail dress
Informal (undress, "dress clothes")
Suit
Service dress uniform
Cocktail dress
Pantsuit
Casual (anything not above)
Business casual
Casual Friday
Combat uniform
Smart casual
Workwear
Streetwear
Sportswear known as Sportswear (fashion) and Athleisure
Undress
Supplementary alternatives
Ceremonial dress
law courts
royal courts
diplomatic
academic, etc.
Religious clothing
cassock, habit, etc.
Folk costume
Distinctions
Orders
medals, etc.
Legend:
= Day (before 6 p.m.) = Evening (after 6 p.m.) = Bow tie colour = Ladies = Gentlemen
Fashion portal Contents/Culture and the arts portal
v
t
e
The cassock or soutane is a Christian clerical clothing coat used by the clergy and male religious of the Oriental Orthodox Churches, Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church, in addition to some clergy in certain Protestant denominations such as Anglicans and Lutherans. "Ankle-length garment" is the literal meaning of the corresponding Latin term, vestis talaris. It is related to the habits traditionally worn by nuns, monks, and friars.
The cassock derives historically from the tunic of classical antiquity that in ancient Rome was worn underneath the toga, and the chiton that was worn beneath the himation in ancient Greece. In religious services, it has traditionally been worn underneath vestments, such as the alb.
In the West, the cassock is little used today except for religious services, save for traditionalist and those other Catholic clergy and religious who continue to wear the cassock as their standard attire. However, in many countries it was the normal everyday wear of the clergy until the 1960s, when it was largely replaced by clerical suits, distinguished from lay dress by being generally black and by a black shirt incorporating a clerical collar.
In Japan, male gakuran school uniform were inspired by cassocks.[citation needed]
The cassock or soutane is a Christian clerical clothing coat used by the clergy and male religious of the Oriental Orthodox Churches, Eastern Orthodox...
The Cassock Spring, also called Dugu Spring or Yinquan Spring, is a culturally significant artesian karst spring on the grounds of the Lingyan Temple...
not the same as the modern rules, and the rules vary by jurisdiction. Cassock: A long-sleeved, hoodless garment. Depending on the climate it can be made...
over a cassock. Most closely corresponds to the Orthodox sticharion (see below). Symbolizes baptismal garment. See also cassock-alb. Cassock-alb or cassalb...
For seminarians, deacons, and priests the cassock is exactly the same as their normal cassock: a black cassock with black buttons, girded with a black fascia...
knee-length cassock is now replaced with normal dress trousers. First native Catholic parish priest from the Belgian Congo, wearing a Roman cassock with the...
sometimes with the top edge of the collar exposed to mimic the collar of a cassock. Alternatively, it may simply be a detachable tab of white in the front...
as their plain black cassock. The general rule of the Roman Catholic Church is that the pellegrina may be worn with the cassock by cardinals and bishops...
and a veil for nuns; in apostolic orders it may be a distinctive form of cassock for men, or a distinctive habit and veil for women. Catholic Canon Law...
to be vented (opened at the front), sleeveless, and worn over a cassock. The cassock is usually black, but also comes in blue (as the Flag of Scotland)...
Western Churches. When not celebrating religious services, the Pope wears a cassock. Choir dress is worn when attending—but not celebrating—services, and formal...
clerics and laypersons (acolytes and lectors), at Mass. It is worn over the cassock, but underneath any other special vestments, such as the stole, dalmatic...
usage) Any long flowing garment; for example, a cassock is sometimes called a robe, although a cassock is close-fitting. A cured animal hide with fur or...
when attending Mass and by non-clerical choirs. It is usually worn over a cassock and never alone, nor is it ever gathered by a belt or cincture. It may...
black cassocks with purple sashes, good for all occasions. Red-trimmed black cassocks with purple sashes, good for all occasions. Purple cassocks as choir...
and the reception of the Eucharist. He was amiable to all and wore his cassock with great pride in order to affirm that he belonged to Christ and his...
worn outdoors in some countries by Catholic clergy, when dressed in a cassock. Unlike many other articles of clerical clothing, the cappello romano serves...
deacon. Like the reader, the clerical street-dress of the subdeacon is the cassock, which is usually black but only need be so if he is a monk. This is symbolic...
may wear the mantelletta, the purple choir cassock and rochet for liturgical services, the black cassock with red piping and purple fascia at other times...
and Bill Nighy and Charles Dance pop up as senior priests and wear their cassocks well... This is Call the Midwife directed by Satan." The Wall Street Journal's...
of the Catholic Church, the choir dress of a bishop includes the purple cassock with amaranth trim, rochet, purple zucchetto (skull cap), purple biretta...
with a girdle, an Anglican-style double-breasted cassock is closed with a cincture, and a Roman cassock is closed with either one." In the medieval and...
to the poverty we profess." (Const. 577) The traditional Jesuit-style cassock, called a "soutane" is similar to a robe which is wrapped around the body...
his comedy television series The Vicar of Dibley. Her book, Beneath the Cassock: the Real-life Vicar of Dibley describes her life as a vicar. Since moving...
proposed the use of the English word "simar", instead of the word "cassock", for the cassock with the pellegrina (a shoulder cape which is sometimes detachable)...
Global Information
Fashion portal
Contents/Culture and the arts portal
