vesture
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tʃər noun
1.
Law.
a.
everything growing on and covering the land, with the exception of trees.
b.
any such covering, as grass or wheat.
2.
Archaic.
a.
clothing; garments.
b.
something that covers like a garment; covering.
verb (used with object)
3.
Archaic. to clothe or cover.
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World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| 1. | archaic a garment or something that seems like a garment: a vesture of cloud |
| 2. | law |
| a. everything except trees that grows on the land | |
| b. a product of the land, such as grass, wheat, etc | |
| —vb | |
| 3. | archaic (tr) to clothe |
| [C14: from Old French, from vestir, from Latin vestīre, from vestis clothing] | |
| 'vestural | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
vesture
c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. and O.Fr. vesture, from V.L. *vestitura "vestments, clothing," from L. vestivus, pp. of vestire "to clothe" (see wear).
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Example sentences
He played long, losing himself, finding a melodious vesture for his half-formed dream.
Nature here offers herself to his contemplation clothed in the splendid vesture of tropical vegetation.
The company manufactures and sells liturgical vesture for clergy and churches.
If you look at it, a lot of the ways that this is done hasn't changed since the time of the vesture.
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