Meanings
nounrhason (plural rhasons)
plural rhasons
- The clerical garb worn in the Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches.
The inner rhason corresponds to the cassock and, like it, is used by the secular clergy. The outer rhason, a wide-sleeved garment, is black in the Greek Church but variable in colour in the Russian Church among the secular clergy (i.e., those who minister in parishes).
1998, Encyclopaedia Britannica CD 98 Multimedia Edition
Origin
- Ancient Greekῥάσον
- Englishrhason
From Ancient Greek ῥάσον (rháson), compare Greek ράσο (ráso).
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