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Chasuble
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only. The back has usually a large cross, the front an upright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ's sufferings. In the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round mantle.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Chasuble'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/chasuble.html. 1828.