Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Dressed in a cassock: Wearing the long, close-fitting, ankle-length garment, typically black, worn by clergy members and some members of religious orders.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The procession was led by a cassocked priest.
  • The cassocked monks walked silently through the cloister.

Advanced Usage

• The term is primarily descriptive and is often used in literary or formal contexts to evoke a specific visual image of religious figures.
• It can imply not just the clothing but also the associated solemnity, tradition, or religious office of the wearer.

Variants and Related Words

• Cassock (n): The long, close-fitting garment itself.
  • He wore a black cassock for the ceremony.

Synonyms

• Clad in a cassock: A more verbose synonym.
• Robed: A more general term for wearing a long, formal garment, though not specific to a cassock.

Antonyms

• Secularly dressed: Dressed in ordinary, non-religious clothing.
• Lay-attired: Dressed as a layperson, not in clerical garments.

Adjective

1. dressed in a cassock
   • cassocked monks