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  • noun Plural form of soutane.

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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."

    Rise Of The Catholic Right 2007

  • 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

  • Behind them came more priests in dripping soutanes, holding flickering red torches and gold crosses.

    Cradle and All Patterson, James, 1947- 2000

  • Behind them came more priests in dripping soutanes, holding flickering red torches and gold crosses.

    Cradle and All Patterson, James, 1947- 2000

  • Behind them came more priests in dripping soutanes, holding flickering red torches and gold crosses.

    Cradle and All Patterson, James, 1947- 2000

  • Behind them came more priests in dripping soutanes, holding flickering red torches and gold crosses.

    Cradle and All Patterson, James, 1947- 2000

  • Behind them came more priests in dripping soutanes, holding flickering red torches and gold crosses.

    Cradle and All Patterson, James, 1947- 2000

  • Behind them came more priests in dripping soutanes, holding flickering red torches and gold crosses.

    Cradle and All Patterson, James, 1947- 2000

  • 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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