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vest⋅ment

  [vest-muhnt]
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–noun
1. a garment, esp. an outer garment.
2. vestments, Chiefly Literary. attire; clothing.
3. an official or ceremonial robe.
4. Ecclesiastical.
a. one of the garments worn by the clergy and their assistants, choristers, etc., during divine service and on other occasions.
b. one of the garments worn by the celebrant, deacon, and subdeacon during the celebration of the Eucharist.
5. something that clothes or covers like a garment: a mountaintop with a vestment of clouds.
Origin:
1250–1300; syncopated var. of ME vestiment < ML vestīmentum priestly robe, L: garment, equiv. to vestī(re) to dress (see vest ) + -mentum -ment

Related forms:
vest⋅men⋅tal  [vest-men-tl] , adjective
vest⋅ment⋅ed, adjective
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vest·ment   (věst'mənt)   
n.  

  1. A garment, especially a robe or gown worn as an indication of office or state.

  2. Ecclesiastical Any of the ritual robes worn by members of the clergy, acolytes, or other assistants at services or rites, especially a garment worn at the celebration of the Eucharist.


[Middle English vestement, from Old French vestment, from Latin vestīmentum, from vestīre, to clothe, from vestis, garment; see vest.]
vest·men'tal (-měn'tl) adj.
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Word Origin & History

vestment 
c.1300, from O.Fr. vestment (Fr. vêtement), from L. vestimentum "clothing, clothes," from vestire "to clothe" (see wear).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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