vestment
Americannoun
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a garment, especially an outer garment.
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Chiefly Literary. vestments, attire; clothing.
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an official or ceremonial robe.
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Ecclesiastical.
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one of the garments worn by the clergy and their assistants, choristers, etc., during divine service and on other occasions.
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one of the garments worn by the celebrant, deacon, and subdeacon during the celebration of the Eucharist.
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something that clothes or covers like a garment.
a mountaintop with a vestment of clouds.
noun
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a garment or robe, esp one denoting office, authority, or rank
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any of various ceremonial garments worn by the clergy at religious services
Other Word Forms
- subvestment noun
- supervestment noun
- vestmental adjective
- vestmented adjective
Etymology
Origin of vestment
1250–1300; syncopated variant of Middle English vestiment < Medieval Latin vestīmentum priestly robe, Latin: garment, equivalent to vestī ( re ) to dress ( vest ) + -mentum -ment
Example Sentences
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In the vestry, surrounded by racks of well-pressed white surplices and brightly coloured vestments, I met Ian and Paul, one of the couples he has blessed.
From BBC
We next enter a fictive chapel, with the Latin rite being celebrated by a set of crimson vestments and an altar cloth, made in Paris in 1619 and given by Louis XIII.
The objects, which include richly embroidered vestments and lavishly sculpted monstrances, Eucharist thrones and sanctuary lamps made of jewel-studded precious metals, are eye-catchingly high Baroque.
Glittering liturgical objects and lavish vestments from the 17th and 18th centuries highlight the skills of European craftsmen from that period as well as the religious import of the church to which they were gifted.
Scrutiny began as soon as he stepped on to the balcony, giving the crowd a glimpse of the vestments he chose for his first appearance.
From BBC
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