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vestment

/ˈvɛstmənt/

vestment noun: a robe, gown, or other article of clothing worn as an indication of office.

vestment: a robe, gown, or other article of clothing worn as an indication of office
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Noun

vestment (plural vestments)

  1. A robe, gown, or other article of clothing worn as an indication of office.
    • The priest wore a white vestment during the ceremony.
    • Medieval paintings often depict bishops in ornate vestments.
  2. Any of the special articles of clothing worn by members of the clergy etc., especially a garment worn at the celebration of the Eucharist.
    • liturgical vestment
    • ceremonial vestment
  3. (plural, plural-only) Clothing.
    Synonyms:
    vestiary
  4. (archaic) An article of clothing, especially an outer garment.

vestment meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

vestment in Tamil

ஆடை குறிப்பாக வெளியாடை, உடுப்பு, சடங்கு ஆடை, விசேட கால ஆடை, சமய உடுப்பு, பணித்துகில்

vestment in Urdu

جبہ, پوشاک, پوشش

vestment in Malayalam

സഭാവസ്ത്രം, ളോഹ, സ്ഥാനവസ്ത്രം, ചമയവസ്ത്രം

Examples of vestment in a sentence

  • I didn’t spend all my time as an ordinand swanning around in vestments.
  • He took an Egyptian ritual - vestments, mitre, crozier, tonsure, marriage ring - all Egyptian."
  • I told her to be sure she packed all my vestments.

All 13 example sentences with vestment

Synonyms of vestment

Forms of vestment

pluralvestments

Origin of vestment

From Middle English vestement, vestment, from Old French vestement, from Latin vestīmentum. By surface analysis, vest + -ment. Compare French vêtement.

Words formed from vestment

Questions about vestment

What does vestment mean?
Vestment means a robe, gown, or other article of clothing worn as an indication of office.
What is vestment in Tamil?
Vestment in Tamil is ஆடை குறிப்பாக வெளியாடை, உடுப்பு, சடங்கு ஆடை. See Vestment meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is vestment?
Vestment is a noun.
How do you pronounce vestment?
Vestment is pronounced /ˈvɛstmənt/.
What is the plural of vestment?
The plural of vestment is vestments.

Words near vestment in the dictionary

  1. vestless
  2. vestlessness
  3. vestlet
  4. vestlets
  5. vestlike
  6. vestment
  7. vestmental
  8. vestmented
  9. vestments
  10. vestock
  11. vestocks

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: vestment (page history and authors); vestment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vestment (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vestment (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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