cassock

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Although Leo is more inscrutable than Francis, Catholics are beginning to get a better sense of the man beneath the cassock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

On Wednesday, he wore a White Sox hat along with his traditional papal cassock while blessing newly married couples in St. Peter’s Square outside the Vatican.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2025

I suggested that she try to imagine something happening to the devil, perhaps his foot tripping over his cassock or something else.

From Scientific American • Jun. 5, 2023

“Lord have mercy,” the priest chanted as he blessed the bodies of fallen Russian soldiers with incense, his cassock buffeted by a freezing wind.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2023

Then Father Aristide, looking small and frail in his white cassock, walked to the pulpit.

From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple