rhason

noun

rha·​son

variants or rason

ˈräˌsȯn

plural -s

Eastern Church

1

: an ecclesiastical garment resembling the cassock

2

: a long loose cloak worn over the rhason

called also exorhason

Word History

Etymology

Middle Greek rhason, a napless woolen cloth, rhason, perhaps from Latin rasus, past participle of radere to scrape, scratch, shave

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