Vestment



GRE

解释

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• n. ( 作礼拜时教士) 法衣, 官服
• ［英］ n. ( 作礼拜时教士) 法衣, 官服 ( a robe of ceremony or office)
• ［记］ vest ( 衣服) +men

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English vestement, from Anglo-French, from Latin vestimentum, from vestire to clothe
• Date: 13th century
• 1.
  • a. an outer garment; especially a robe of ceremony or office
  • b. plural clothing, garb
• 2. a covering resembling a garment
• 3. one of the articles of the ceremonial attire and insignia worn by ecclesiastical officiants and assistants as indicative of their rank and appropriate to the rite being celebrated
• ? vestmental adjective

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