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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a long sleeveless vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Chasuble \Chas"u*ble\, n. [F. chasuble, LL. casubula, cassibula, casula, a hooded garment, covering the person like a little house; cf. It. casupola, casipola, cottage, dim of L. casa cottage.] (Eccl.) The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only. The back has usually a large cross, the front an upright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ's sufferings. In the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round mantle. [Written also chasible, and chesible.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

chasuble n 1: a long sleeveless vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass