Front view of a plain black hooded monk habit on a display form, cinched with a tan rope cincture.

Black Hooded Monk Robe with Rope Cincture, Benedictine Style Habit

S-54 / Cotton
$180.00 USD
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Front view of a plain black hooded monk habit on a display form, cinched with a tan rope cincture.
  • Front view of a plain black hooded monk habit on a display form, cinched with a tan rope cincture.
  • Back view of a black monk habit showing the plain pointed hood and coarse woven cotton texture.
  • Side profile of a black hooded habit showing the cuffed sleeve and knotted tan rope cincture tassels.
Black Hooded Monk Robe with Rope Cincture, Benedictine Style Habit

Black Hooded Monk Robe with Rope Cincture, Benedictine Style Habit

$180.00 USD

A plain black hooded habit in coarse cotton, cut without a scapular and cinched with a tan rope. For daily community wear or private prayer. Cut to your size code or your own measurements.

  • Colour Black

Monk habit sizing

Find the row where your chest and your height both match. Between rows? Size by chest, or choose Made to Measure.

How to measure for a monk habit: A robe length from the nape to the hem, B chest under the arms, C sleeve length from the centre back of the neck over the shoulder to the wrist

How to measure

Measure over what you will wear underneath, tape level, not pulled tight.

  • A - Robe length: nape of the neck straight down the back to the hem. Ankle length is usual.
  • B - Chest: around the fullest part, under the arms.
  • C - Sleeve: centre back of the neck, over the shoulder, down to the wrist bone.
  • Height: floor to the top of the head, no shoes.

Full guide: How to measure for vestments

SizeChest (B)HeightSleeve (C)Robe length (A)
S-5434-37 in5 ft 7 in to 5 ft 8 in32 in54 in
S-5634-37 in5 ft 9 in to 5 ft 10 in33 in56 in
S-5834-37 in5 ft 11 in to 6 ft 0 in34 in58 in
M-5638-41 in5 ft 9 in to 5 ft 10 in33 in56 in
M-5838-41 in5 ft 11 in to 6 ft 0 in34 in58 in
M-6038-41 in6 ft 1 in to 6 ft 2 in35 in60 in
L-5642-45 in5 ft 9 in to 5 ft 10 in33 in56 in
L-5842-45 in5 ft 11 in to 6 ft 0 in34 in58 in
L-6042-45 in6 ft 1 in to 6 ft 2 in35 in60 in
XL-5846-49 in5 ft 9 in to 5 ft 10 in34 in58 in
XL-6046-49 in5 ft 11 in to 6 ft 0 in34 in60 in
XL-6246-49 in6 ft 1 in to 6 ft 2 in35 in62 in
2XL-5850-53 in5 ft 11 in to 6 ft 0 in33 in58 in
2XL-6050-53 in6 ft 1 in to 6 ft 2 in34 in60 in
Made to Measureyour ownyour owncut to your figurescut to your figures

Inches. Chest is your body measurement; the habit is cut with ease over it. Wool adds $70. Made to Measure is priced as the L sizes.

Cloth

Wool adds $70 to the cotton price at every size.

Choose your size code above. Open the habit size guide for the chest, height and robe length each code covers.

Tailored to your own measurements, priced at the same step as the L sizes. Take them over what you will wear under the habit.

A chasuble seen from the front. A is the length from the shoulder at the neck down to the hem. B is the width from hem to hem with the arms held out level. A B
A Robe length - nape of the neck straight down the back to the hem. B Sleeve length - centre back of the neck, over the shoulder, to the wrist.

We confirm every measurement by email, and alter or replace the habit if it does not fit.

Complete the set

$20 comes off each piece at checkout when you add it with this garment.

Free worldwide shipping on orders of $200 or more

Dispatch

5–7 days

Standard

10–15 days. Free on orders of $200 or more

Rush

7–9 days. Choose Rush shipping at checkout

Dispatch and transit are counted separately. Duties, where they apply, are payable on arrival.

Overview

What this habit is

A plain black hooded habit in coarse cotton, cut without a scapular and cinched with a tan rope. For daily community wear or private prayer. Cut to your size code or your own measurements.

Why it is chosen

  • Dispatch

    Dispatched within 5–7 days, with tracked delivery worldwide.

  • Liturgically correct

    Black — worn for daily wear in community, choir and prayer, private prayer at home

  • Cloth and finish

    Cotton or wool, chosen on the page. Shown in cotton: coarse woven texture. Tunic and hood only, no scapular or capelet; wide cuffed sleeves; tan rope cincture; no pockets; plain floor-length hem; pulls on over the head.

  • Cut to your measurements

    Cut to your size code or your own measurements

Details

About this habit

Coarse black cotton, cut plain with a hood and no scapular, finished with a tan rope cincture: a habit for daily wear.

01

The cut

This is the plainest habit in the range: a floor-length tunic and an attached hood, with no scapular or capelet layered over it. The hood is a simple pointed shape that lies flat against the back when it is down. Sleeves are cut wide, with a turned-back cuff rather than a plain edge. A tan rope cincture, knotted at the centre front with long tasselled ends, is the only accent on an otherwise all-black garment. There are no pockets. The tunic goes on over the head, with no front opening of any kind, and the hem is plain and floor-length.

02

Cloth and finish

The cotton here is heavier and more visibly woven than a smooth habit cloth: it has a coarse, linen-like texture that wrinkles readily and sits with a matte, almost rustic surface. It is black throughout, with the tan of the cincture rope the only colour against it. The weave is honest rather than refined, closer to workwear cloth than to a polished dress fabric.

This habit is made in either cotton or wool, and the choice is yours on this page. Cotton is lighter and breathes in warm weather; wool is heavier and holds more body in the fall of the skirt. The photographs show the cotton. The price changes as soon as you choose the cloth, and again with the size code.

03

Who wears it

A plain black hooded tunic without a scapular is close to the Benedictine-style habit at its simplest, and reads as Benedictine in character, though the lack of a scapular means it could equally pass as a generic monastic or friar habit rather than one order's dress specifically. It is worn by monks, friars and novices in community, and by lay people and oblates who want a plain, unadorned habit for private prayer.

04

Size and fit

Fourteen graded sizes are offered, each built from a chest range and a robe length: S is 34-37in, M 38-41in, L 42-45in, XL 46-49in, 2XL 50-53in, and the length number, one of 54, 56, 58, 60 or 62, is measured from the nape of the neck to the hem. Made to Measure, our fifteenth option, is priced the same as the L sizes and is cut to measurements you provide. It slips on over the head; nothing fastens at the front.

Browse the rest of our religious habits, read about our cloth in the fabric guide, and see notes on keeping a habit in good order in vestment care.

05

At a glance

  • Liturgical use

    Daily wear in community, Choir and prayer, Private prayer at home, Novitiate wear

  • Liturgical colour

    Black

  • Worn by

    Monk, Friar, Novice, Lay use — Loose monastic cut, pulls on over the head, no front fastening

  • Cloth

    Cotton or wool, chosen on the page. Shown in cotton: coarse woven texture

  • Construction

    Tunic and hood only, no scapular or capelet; wide cuffed sleeves; tan rope cincture; no pockets; plain floor-length hem; pulls on over the head

  • Dispatch

    Dispatched within 5–7 days

  • Personalisation

    Cut to your size code or your own measurements

  • Made in

    Pakistan

06

Care

Being a coarser cotton, this habit can take a normal cool machine wash and does not need special handling, though line drying keeps the black from fading faster than a tumble dryer will.

Press it warm if you iron it at all; the tan rope cincture is best hung to dry rather than knotted away wet.

Specifications

The particulars

Cut, cloth, construction and finish, as recorded for this habit.

Product type
Monk Habit
Style
Benedictine in character - plain hooded tunic, no scapular
Liturgical colour
Black
Material
Cotton or wool, chosen on the page. Shown in cotton: coarse woven texture
Length
54 to 62 in robe length by size code, or cut to your own
Fit
Loose monastic cut, pulls on over the head, no front fastening
Construction
Tunic and hood only, no scapular or capelet; wide cuffed sleeves; tan rope cincture; no pockets; plain floor-length hem; pulls on over the head
Worn by
  • Monk,
  • Friar,
  • Novice,
  • Lay use
Customisation
Cut to your size code or your own measurements
Dispatch time
5–7 days
Made in
Pakistan

Monastic dress varies between orders and communities. Where your own custom differs, follow it.

FAQs

Before you order

Why does this habit have no scapular?

It is cut as a plain hooded tunic by design, without a scapular or capelet layered over it. If you want a scapular version, our black habit with a pointed capelet is built on the same tunic and hood.

Does the tan rope cincture come with the habit?

Yes. The tan rope cincture shown, knotted at the front with long tasselled ends, is included with the habit rather than sold as a separate item.

How do I choose my size code?

Each code pairs a chest range with a robe length. The letter is the chest: S is 34-37 in, M is 38-41 in, L is 42-45 in, XL is 46-49 in, 2XL is 50-53 in. The number is the finished robe length in inches, measured from the nape of the neck to the hem.

So a man with a 40 in chest at 5 ft 11 in takes M-58. Open the size guide on this page and read down to the row where your chest and height meet. If you are between two lengths, the longer one gives a fuller hem and the shorter one clears the floor more easily.

What if none of the size codes fits me?

Choose Made to Measure. The measurement fields appear as soon as you select it, and there is no separate made-to-measure charge: it is priced at the same step as the L sizes, in whichever cloth you choose.

It is the right choice if your chest and height fall in different rows, if you are outside the ranges given, if you want a particular hem length, or if you want the sleeves cut narrower or fuller than standard. We read every made-to-measure order and write to you if a figure looks unlikely.

How is the habit worn?

It goes on over the head and falls loose over whatever is worn underneath, so it needs no fastening at the front. The cincture ties at the waist and gathers the fullness; the hood sits back on the shoulders and is drawn up when wanted.

Where a habit has a scapular, that is the straight panel worn over the tunic, hanging front and back, and it goes on after the tunic and before the cincture.

How should the stole be cared for?

We recommend professional dry cleaning for embroidered vestments. Store the stole flat or loosely rolled rather than folded, so no crease forms across the embroidery, and keep it out of direct sunlight to protect the gold thread. The Journal's vestment care guide covers pressing, storage and stain removal in full.

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