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rhason - What does it mean?

Definition of 'rhason'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The clerical garb worn in the Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches.
  • * The inner rhason' corresponds to the cassock and, like it, is used by the secular clergy. The outer '''rhason , a wide-sleeved garment, is black in the Greek Church but variable in colour in the Russian Church among the secular clergy (i.e., those who minister in parishes). ''Copyright 1994-1998 Encyclopaedia Britannica CD 98 Multimedia Edition .
  • See also

    * alb * cassock * epigonation * epimanikion * epitrachelion * maniple * mitre * omophorion * sakkos * sticharion * zone

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