cope
noun/kəʊp/
/kəʊp/
- a long loose piece of clothing worn by priests on special occasionsWord Originnoun Middle English (denoting a long outdoor cloak): from medieval Latin capa, variant of late Latin cappa (see cap and cape ‘short cloak’).
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