sakkos

noun

sak·​kos

variants or saccos

ˈsäˌkȯs

plural -es

: a vestment resembling a dalmatic worn by a bishop in the Eastern Orthodox Church during the liturgy

Word History

Etymology

New Greek sakkos, from Greek, sack, bag, sackcloth

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