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- noun Plural form of
soutane .
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Examples
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Unconsciously this is why Roman Catholic priests wear soutanes, Bishops and Cardinals dress in colorful and outrageously draggish clothes, and have a fondness for altar boys.
William Irwin Thompson - Thinking Otherwise: On Gay Marriage William Harryman 2009
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Maciel was just 20 years old, not yet ordained, when he established the legion in 1941 as a Catholic army of soldiers in soutanes, battling to "establish the kingdom of Christ throughout the world."
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After removing their dirty soutanes and showering away the dust of the journey, the men put on fresh cassocks.
Mission Of Honor Clancy, Tom 2002
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Behind them came more priests in dripping soutanes, holding flickering red torches and gold crosses.
Cradle and All Patterson, James, 1947- 2000
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Behind them came more priests in dripping soutanes, holding flickering red torches and gold crosses.
Cradle and All Patterson, James, 1947- 2000
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Behind them came more priests in dripping soutanes, holding flickering red torches and gold crosses.
Cradle and All Patterson, James, 1947- 2000
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Behind them came more priests in dripping soutanes, holding flickering red torches and gold crosses.
Cradle and All Patterson, James, 1947- 2000
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Behind them came more priests in dripping soutanes, holding flickering red torches and gold crosses.
Cradle and All Patterson, James, 1947- 2000
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Behind them came more priests in dripping soutanes, holding flickering red torches and gold crosses.
Cradle and All Patterson, James, 1947- 2000
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Back in his room in riding breeches and shirt — for he had not packed two soutanes — he remembered the letter, and his promise.
The Thorn Birds McCullough, Colleen 1977
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