chesible
chesible is the obsolete form of chasuble.
Meaning of chasuble
Noun
chasuble (plural chasubles)
- The outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for celebrating Eucharist or Mass, equivalent to the phelonion of the Eastern tradition.
- Day broke. He saw three black hens asleep in a tree. He shuddered, horrified at this omen. Then he promised the Holy Virgin three chasubles for the church, and that he would go barefooted from the cemetery at Bertaux to the chapel of Vassonville.1898, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, from the 1856 French by Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, part 3, chapter 10 (ebook)
- Synonyms:
- casula
Forms of chesible
| plural | chesibles |
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Questions about chesible
- What is chesible the obsolete form of?
- Chesible is the obsolete form of chasuble.
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