Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vestment"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Vestment \Vest"ment\, n. [OE. vestement, vestiment, OF.
vestement, vestiment, F. v[^e]tement, 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 (Eccl.), any priestly garment. ``Royal
vestiment.'' --Chaucer. ``Priests in holy vestments.''
--Shak.

The sculptor could not give vestments suitable to the
quality of the persons represented. --Dryden.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

vestment
n : gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy

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