* Once applied to the
customary garb of any calling and similar in usage to the word livery. In the
17th cent. it became restricted to the clergy and clerical office. Thus we say
"having respect for the cloth".
Al: cloth — черный материал, идущий на
одежду духовенства gentlemen of the ~, the ~ духовенство to wear the black
принять духовный сан
ORusD: … 4. (fig., clerical status) духовный сан
¿ 11.04.94 Zu, 14.02.97 V
