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  • Sunday afternoon, the priest, with his _sotana_ tucked up round his waist, would be found playing the national game of _pelota_ with his flock, using the blank wall of the church as a court.

    Spanish Life in Town and Country L. Higgin

  • He was followed by an ecclesiastic of apparently his own age, but smoothly shaven, clad in a black silk sotana and sash, and wearing the old-fashioned oblong, curl-brimmed hat sacred to "Don Basilo," of the modern opera.

    The Crusade of the Excelsior Bret Harte 1869

  • Running rapidly to Father Pedro's side, he grasped his sotana, and even tried to hide his curls among its folds.

    On the Frontier Bret Harte 1869

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