vesture
Law.
everything growing on and covering the land, with the exception of trees.
any such covering, as grass or wheat.
Archaic.
clothing; garments.
something that covers like a garment; covering.
Archaic. to clothe or cover.
Origin of vesture
1Other words from vesture
- ves·tur·al, adjective
- non·ves·ture, noun
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How to use vesture in a sentence
B'lieves in candles and vestures; got Tim into the choir one Sunday, and now you can't keep him out of it.
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesAre we not all haunted by certain landscapes which come back unbidden, not as topographical facts, but as vestures of the soul?
Thomas Hardy's Dorset | Robert Thurston HopkinsChristianity was thought to consist wholly in the observance of certain holy-days, rites, fasts, and vestures.
The Confession of Faith | VariousThey began to be ashamed of burning men, with all the pomp of sermons, ridiculous vestures, and recantations.
The Blood of the Arena | Vicente Blasco IbezAnd then he was glad he had found the straw hat with the youthful ribbon, and all his other festal vestures.
The Gentleman From Indiana | Booth Tarkington
British Dictionary definitions for vesture
/ (ˈvɛstʃə) /
archaic a garment or something that seems like a garment: a vesture of cloud
law
everything except trees that grows on the land
a product of the land, such as grass, wheat, etc
(tr) archaic to clothe
Origin of vesture
1Derived forms of vesture
- vestural, adjective
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