unvestv.
1. transitive. To divest, strip.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > strip or make bare
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1609 Bible (Douay) I. Lev. vi. 11 He..shal be unvested of his former vestments.
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. vii. 106 This being mortified and vnuested of the verdour which sometimes it had.
2. reflexive and absol. To divest (oneself) of ecclesiastical vestments.
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society > faith > artefacts > vestments > [verb (reflexive)] > divest oneself of
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society > faith > artefacts > vestments > [verb (intransitive)] > divest oneself of
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1755 in R. Challoner Garden of Soul (new ed.) 90 The priest returns..to the sacristy, and unvests himself.
c1771 in E. H. Burton Life Bp. Challoner (1909) I. ix. 140 The Bishop having unvested, remained kneeling.
1853 J. D. H. Dale tr. G. Baldeschi Ceremonial Rom. Rite 15 They assist the sacred Ministers to unvest.
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