Uncassock

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To remove the cassock from. transitive

    "After having had an excellent breakfast, he is hastening home to uncassock himself, when he will, by a country walk, quicken his appetite for an excellent dinner, to which Michael Angelo's father has invited him, […]"

Example

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"After having had an excellent breakfast, he is hastening home to uncassock himself, when he will, by a country walk, quicken his appetite for an excellent dinner, to which Michael Angelo's father has invited him, […]"

Etymology

From un- + cassock.

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