vestment
NounUS[vest-ment]/ˈvɛstmɛnt/2 syllables
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Noun (1)
- gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergyType of gown, robeKinds cassock, pontifical, pallium, chasuble, alb, surplice, humeral veilParts orphrey
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Vest′ment noun
Origin: OE. vestement, vestiment, OF. vestement, vestiment, F. vêtement, fr. L. vestimentum, fr. vestire to clothe, fr. vestis a garment, clothing. See Vest.
A covering or garment; some part of clothing or dress; specifically Church, any priestly garment. “Royal vestiment.” Geoffrey Chaucer “Priests in holy vestments.” William Shakespeare
The sculptor could not give vestments suitable to the quality of the persons represented.— John Dryden
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54