| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| soutane |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sou·tane |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s -tän -t n |
| NOUN: | A cassock, especially one that buttons up and down the front. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, alteration (influenced by French sous, under) of obsolete sottane, from Italian sottana, from sotto, under, from Latin subtus, from sub. See upo in Appendix I.
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