I saw then that his soutane was speckled with blood. From Wordnik.com. [The Quiet American]
“Wait a minute while I put my soutane in the car.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
He must get to Gilly, pick up a soutane and vestments. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
Clergy to wear the soutane, as it was the custom in the Latin countries. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting France] Reference
A man in a long, flowing black soutane got out, a purple grosgrain sash about his waist. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
He was moody and unshaven, and his saucerlike hat was as dusty and spotted as his frayed soutane. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
No help for it, he would have to go into Gilly tonight to pick up another soutane and vestments for the Requiem Mass. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
However, we do have the 'Hunky priests calandar' for 2009 no way Father March ever saw a seminary, let alone a soutane. From Wordnik.com. [Roma Eterna] Reference
She rang the bell and when the door opened, Father Morrison, in a soutane large enough to double as a tent, loomed over her. From Wordnik.com. [A Small Death in the Great Glen] Reference
He produced four candle-butts from the side-pockets of his soutane and placed them deftly among the coals and twisted papers. From Wordnik.com. [A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man] Reference
Fra Diavolo scuttled downstage, the skirts of his black soutane swishing, to fling back the curtain at the far side of the room. From Wordnik.com. [The Warslayer]
You could just see him in that white soutane on the balcony, bestowing his first papal blessing on a million swooning Catholics. From Wordnik.com. [We Have a Pope!] Reference
He sat near her, arms locked around his knees, the soutane in folds no more graceful than the easy length of the body inhabiting it. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
Pulling its luscious cord her grandest soutane fell an immense cloth addressed with tender stitching that later looked “like chives”. From Wordnik.com. [Sarah Dowling reads Erin Moure] Reference
The Abbe hesitated, rubbed a spot of mud off his soutane, raised his shoulders like a man lifting a heavy burden, then gave a deep cough. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Before I could stop him, the curé, in his black soutane, had clambered nimbly to the roof of the big car and was lashing my traps next to. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
Page 53. 2. un Mirabeau en soutane, ‘a regular Mirabeau in a cassock.’. From Wordnik.com. [Le Petit Chose (part 1) Histoire d'un Enfant] Reference
Pas un coin du visage qui ne fût haché, sabré, couturé, un Mirabeau en soutane. From Wordnik.com. [Le Petit Chose (part 1) Histoire d'un Enfant] Reference
His close, black soutane contrasted oddly with the gray, loose gown of the Recollet. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Dog] Reference
Within the doorway, the Abbe fumbled in the pocket of his soutane and rattled a box of matches. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Hope] Reference
When he swung about, the skirt of his soutane was inflated slightly by the brusqueness of his movements. From Wordnik.com. [Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard] Reference
The vestry door opened and Father O'Dwyer came out, clad in his soutane and carrying the well-known whip. From Wordnik.com. [Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer] Reference
Another, quite unmoved by the pectoral cross and crimson soutane, asked artlessly, "What was your college?". From Wordnik.com. [Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography] Reference
English conversation-book, borrowed from the schoolmaster, protruding from the pocket of his soutane, awaiting the return of. From Wordnik.com. [Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories] Reference
He did not hesitate long, -- quickly threw off his soutane and sandals, and put on the cloak, the laced stockings, and the spurs -- what. From Wordnik.com. [Pater Peter. English.] Reference
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