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: a close-fitting ankle-length garment worn especially in Roman Catholic and Anglican churches by the clergy and by laypersons assisting in services
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On Sunday Leo wore the simple white cassock of the papacy and had reverted back to wearing his silver pectoral cross.
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Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2025
About an hour later, 69-year-old Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost emerged on the central balcony of the basilica in Vatican City as the new leader of the world’s largest Christian denomination — wearing the white papal cassock for the first time and choking back tears.
—Mariel Padilla, Them., 8 May 2025
Following a ceremony, the body is dressed in a white cassock – a long robe with 33 buttons, one for each year of the earthly life of Jesus.
—George Petras, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
For his final journey, Pope Francis, dressed in red vestments and a traditional white cassock, will be carried to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore outside the Vatican on Saturday, where he will be laid to rest.
—Gabriele Regalbuto, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2025
About an hour later, 69-year-old Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost emerged on the central balcony of the basilica in Vatican City as the new leader of the world’s largest Christian denomination — wearing the white papal cassock for the first time and choking back tears.
—Mariel Padilla, Them., 8 May 2025
Following a ceremony, the body is dressed in a white cassock – a long robe with 33 buttons, one for each year of the earthly life of Jesus.
—George Petras, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
For his final journey, Pope Francis, dressed in red vestments and a traditional white cassock, will be carried to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore outside the Vatican on Saturday, where he will be laid to rest.
—Gabriele Regalbuto, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Cassock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cassock. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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cassock
noun
cas·sock
ˈkas-ək 
: a close-fitting ankle-length garment worn by clergy (as in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches)
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