inner rason
- noun
- Jargon
:
rason interior
- The seminary required all students to wear the inner rason during services and lectures.
Examples
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Orthodox monks are rarely seen outside their cells without their inner rason.
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The priest wore a beautiful inner rason during the ceremony.
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He carefully folded his inner rason before leaving the dormitory.
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Many inner rasons are made from fine wool.
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The seminary required all students to wear the inner rason during services and lectures.
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Orthodox monks are rarely seen outside their cells without their inner rason.
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He carefully folded his inner rason before leaving the dormitory.
Synonyms
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1.3
A long loose piece of clothing worn at ceremonies by judges or graduates
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7.3
A long loose robe worn by religious people like monks or priests
A long collared robe with narrow sleeves worn by priests and monks under other clothes
How Clerical
Surface Forms
Morphology
inner + rason
While 'inner' is transparently 'inside' or 'closer to the center', the constituent 'rason' has no dictionary definition here and is a culture-specific term for a clerical garment. A B1 learner who only knows the literal meanings of the listed words would not be able to derive the specialized meaning without prior lexical or cultural knowledge, so the expression behaves as opaque.
Etymology
The noun inner rason is a long, collared robe that monks and priests wear under their outer clothes. The word inner shows it is worn 'inside' and rason is the robe itself, so the name points to that basic, everyday church clothing.