Definition of "sakkos" []

• A richly decorated vestment worn by Orthodox bishops, instead of a priest's phelonion (chasuble in western church). (noun)

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• "Revelation also says the witness would prophecy in sackcloth, from the Greek word 'sakkos' meaning sackcloth."
• "Cadoc took an embroidered mantle off its hanger and fitted it over the fine linen sakkos and be-jeweled dalmatic that enrobed him."
• "At the present day the Greek women of Thessaly and the Isle of Chios wear a head-dress exactly resembling the antique sakkos."