Home › Words › S › sakkossakkossakkos means A richly decorated vestment worn by Orthodox bishops, instead of a priest's phelonion (chasuble in western church).EtymologyFrom Byzantine Greek σάκκος (sákkos). Doublet of sac, saccus, sack, and saco.nounA richly decorated vestment worn by Orthodox bishops, instead of a priest's phelonion (chasuble in western church).Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.phelonion 62% match — A liturgical vestment worn by a priest of the Eastern Christian tradition, equivalent to the chasuble of the Western tradition. vs sakkos →chasuble 62% match — The outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for celebrating Eucharist or Mass, equivalent to the phelonion of the Eastern tradition. vs sakkos →epigonation 59% match — A stiff, lozenge-shaped cloth hanging at the right thigh worn as a vestment by bishops and some priests in the Eastern Orthodox Church. vs sakkos →sticharion 59% match — The outer clerical garb worn by clergy in the Greek Orthodox Church, corresponding to the alb in Latin-Rite Catholic Churches. vs sakkos →cassock 58% match — An item of clerical clothing: a long, sheath-like, close-fitting, ankle-length robe worn by clergy members of some Christian denominations. vs sakkos →rochet 58% match — A white vestment, worn by a bishop, similar to a surplice but with narrower sleeves, extending either to below the knee (in the Catholic church) or to the hem of the cassock in the Anglican church. vs sakkos →rhason 56% match — The clerical garb worn in the Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches. vs sakkos →nabedrennik 56% match — A vestment worn by some priests in the Russian Orthodox Church: a square or rectangular cloth worn at the right hip, suspended from a strap. vs sakkos →