Chasuble

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The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass,consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, backpiece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over theshoulders only. The back has usually a large cross, the front anupright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ'ssufferings. In the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round mantle.[Written also chasible, and chesible.]