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Noun: outer cassock
  1. (Orthodox Church) a voluminous garment worn over the inner cassock by bishops, priests, deacons, and monastics as their regular outer wear
    "The outer cassock should be worn by a priest celebrating a service such as Vespers where the rubrics call for him to be less than fully vested, but it is not worn by any clergy beneath the sticharion";
    - outer rason

Type of: cassock