vestmentn.¹

Brit.

/ˈvɛs(t)m(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈvɛs(t)mənt/

Forms: α. Middle English uestement, Middle English–1500s westement(e, Middle English–1500s vestement (1500s festement). β. Middle English–1500s westment, Middle English vestmente, Middle English– vestment (1600s vest'ment).

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French vestement (modern French vêtement ), < Latin vestīmentum : see vestiment n.

1. A garment or article of clothing, esp. one of the nature of a robe or gown; frequently an outer garment of this kind worn by a king or official either ordinarily or upon some ceremonial occasion. Also collective, clothing, dress, vesture.Now somewhat rare or rhetorical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun]

clothesc888

hattersOE

shroudc1000

weedOE

shrouda1122

clothc1175

hatteringa1200

atourc1220

back-clout?c1225

habit?c1225

clothingc1275

cleadinga1300

dubbinga1300

shroudinga1300

attirec1300

coverturec1300

suitc1325

apparel1330

buskingc1330

farec1330

harness1340

tire1340

backs1341

geara1350

apparelmentc1374

attiringa1375

vesturec1385

heelinga1387

vestmentc1386

arraya1400

graitha1400

livery1399

tirementa1400

warnementa1400

arrayment1400

parelc1400

werlec1400

raiment?a1425

robinga1450

rayc1450

implements1454

willokc1460

habiliment1470

emparelc1475

atourement1481

indumenta1513

reparel1521

wearing gear1542

revesture1548

claesc1550

case1559

attirement1566

furniture1566

investuring1566

apparelling1567

dud1567

hilback1573

wear1576

dress1586

enfolding1586

caparison1589

plight1590

address1592

ward-ware1598

garnish1600

investments1600

ditement1603

dressing1603

waith1603

thing1605

vestry1606

garb1608

outwall1608

accoutrementa1610

wearing apparel1617

coutrement1621

vestament1632

vestiment1637

equipage1645

cask1646

aguise1647

back-timbera1656

investiture1660

rigging1664

drapery1686

vest1694

plumage1707

bussingc1712

hull1718

paraphernalia1736

togs1779

body clothing1802

slough1808

toggery1812

traps1813

garniture1827

body-clothes1828

garmenture1832

costume1838

fig1839

outfit1840

vestiture1841

outer womana1845

outward man1846

vestiary1846

rag1855

drag1870

clo'1874

parapherna1876

clobber1879

threads1926

mocker1939

schmatte1959

vine1959

kit1989

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun] > garment or article of

raileOE

i-wedeOE

reafOE

shroudc1000

weedOE

back-cloth?c1225

hatter?c1225

clouta1300

coverturec1300

garment1340

vesturec1384

clothc1385

vestmentc1386

jeryne?a1400

clothinga1425

gilla1438

raiment1440

haterella1450

vestimenta1500

indumenta1513

paitclaith1550

casceis1578

attire1587

amice1600

implements1601

cladment1647

enduement1650

vest1655

body garment1688

wearable1711

sledo1719

rag1855

number1894

opaque1903

daytimer1936

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > other

stolec950

paramentc1385

stolea1387

vestmentc1386

chimer1487

shemewe1517

parliament1537

Turkey gown1558

slop1570

blue gown1578

dolman1585

palliament1593

synthesis1606

vest1613

paramentoa1640

brandenburgh1676

khilat1684

spagnoleta1685

sultanea1685

sultana1693

garter-robes1702

under-robe1725

wrapper1725

stola1728

talar1738

negligée1755

jama1776

dust-gown1802

yukata1822

manga1824

gandoura1851

pheran1851

riga1851

shamma1862

choga1869

kanzu1870

kimono1886

holoku1893

mammy-cloth1952

c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 51 This Kambynskan..In riall vestement syt on hys deys.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3701 Þe odor o þi uestement It smelles als o piement.

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iv. v. 176 He is bounden to deffende and kepe them that make his vestementis & couertours necessarye vnto his body.

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iv. xvii. 280 The scripture saith that the vestement of Ih[es]u Crist dide seme to his apostles white as snowe.

a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 374 The heraulds with thair awfull westmentis.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) ii. i. 93 Doe their gay vestments his affections baite?

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 288 The five principal Persons of the Retinue had each of them a satin Vestment, and another of Taffata.

1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 401 A fairer Red stands blushing in the Rose, Than that which on the Bridegroom's Vestment flows.

1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. vi. §23. 280 Presents of vestments..are frequently made in these countries to the great and those that are in public stations.

1780 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) IV. i. 2 The slightness of their vestment and the lankness of their hair.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. vi. 313 Her charge Of folded vestments neat the Princess placed Within the royal wain.

1826 C. Lamb Wedding in Elia 2nd Ser. She stood at the altar in vestments white and candid as her thoughts.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxix. 381 Their clothes saturated with the freezing water of the floes, these iron men..did not strip themselves naked..and hang up their vestments in the air to dry.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 497 Remembering to warn [the patient] against heated rooms,..stewing in bed, and any possible irritation by vestments.

a. A garment worn by a priest or ecclesiastic on the occasion of some service or ceremony; a priestly robe. †In early use also collective, a set of these.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > vestments > [noun]

church clothesa1200

vestimenta1250

vestmenta1400

vestc1660

society > faith > artefacts > vestments > [noun] > set of

vestmenta1400

suit1433

a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 1560 Þe Bisshop.. dude hym on a vestement, And made..To jubiter sacrifise.

c1425 Wyntoun Cron. v. 1898 Hee [a priest of Jupiter] tuggit wiþe his teythe in taggis His westment rewyn al in raggis.

c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 1183 To my awter I wyll me dresse; On xall my westment and myn aray.

1560 Bible (Geneva) 2 Kings x. 22 Bring forthe vestements for all the seruants of Baal. And he broght them out vestements.

1598 J. Howson 2nd Serm. Paules Crosse 35 Thimelicus, a dauncer, had bought by chaunce some holy vestement, and abused it publickly in the open theater.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxvi. 228 The High Priests..put on the holy vestments, and enquired of the Lord [etc.].

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews iii. vii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 79 Over this he [sc. the Priest] wore a linen vestment, made of fine flax doubled.

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews iii. vii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 79 This vestment reaches down to the feet, and sits close to the body.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 659 The surplice, a vestment of the Pagan Priests, introduced into churches.

1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico III. vi. v. 114 A few priests, clad in their usual wild and blood-stained vestments, were to be seen.

1868 W. B. Marriott Vestiarium Christianum Introd. p. v The attempt..to trace out in detail a correspondence between the ‘eight vestments’ of the Jewish high-priest, and those of Christian ministry.

b. An article of attire worn by the clergy of various branches of the Christian church, or by certain of their assistants, during divine service or on some special occasion; spec. one or other of those worn by the priest or priests at the celebration of the Eucharist; esp. the chasuble.In early use perhaps sometimes (like medieval Latin vestimentum) employed in the collective sense of ‘a set of vestments’.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > vestments > [noun] > in Christian church

vestment1303

α.

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 4675 Ȝyf prest or clerk lene vestement Þat halwed ys þurgh sacrament.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 41 Þe crouchen, þe calices, þe creyme, þe corporeaus, þe yblissede uestemens.

c1450 Mirk's Festial 140 Thys was þe fyrst man þat euer song masse yn vestementys, as prestes now doþe.

1493–4 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 199 Payd to mastyr parson for halowyng of the westementes, xij d.

c1535 Ploughman's Tale i. sig. A.^v They halowe nothyng but for hyre Churche, font, ne vestement.

1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Svpper of the Lorde f. cxxj The Priest..shall put vpon hym..a white Albe plain, with a vestement or Cope.

1566 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 35 Item iij vestements—sold to Christopher Baudwine in anno 1565 who hathe put them to prophane vse.

β. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 509/1 Vestment.., vestimentum.c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) vii. 125 Often tymes he [the king] woll bie riche hangynges and other apparell for his howses; vessaill, vestmentes, and oþer ornamentes for his chapell.1513 Last Test. of J. de Veer in Archaeologia (1915) 66 312 A payre of Vestmentes of Whit clothe of gold of Tissue.1531 in J. W. Clay Testamenta Eboracensia (1902) VI. 23 Item, I will that a vestment be maide..of my damaske gowne.1580 Parsons in Relig. Pamphlets (1898) 166 For this Sacrifice was Preistes apparell made: Vestments, Sensors, Frankensence, and the lyke.1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xi. xiv. 198 In costly vestments sacred William dight, With fear and trembling to the altar went.1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 82 I shall not here spend time in describing their way of celebrating Mass,..nor shall I speak of their Sacerdotal Vestments.1782 in J. H. Harting Hist. Sardin. Chapel (1905) 25 Priest's vestment, two dalmatics to correspond, with maniples and stoles [etc.].1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. v. 162 Your years, old man, and those sacred vestments, protect you.1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. x. 267 Another churchman in his vestments bore a holy-water sprinkler.1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. xlix. 59 He had kept his surplice in his own room, and had gone down in his vestment.1881 A. O'Shaughnessy Christ will Return in Songs of Worker 10 And where, 'mid all the glory Of vestments rich, are Joseph's working coat And Mary's rags?

3. transferred and figurative. Something which covers as a garment; a covering.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > a covering > like a garment

weedOE

robec1225

kirtle1398

vestment1483

vesture1526

apron1535

gabardine1542

garment1585

tire1594

dress1608

garb1613

cowl1658

investiture1660

dressing1835

pinafore1845

cloak1876

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 118/2 Ryght so the majeste of god hydde the lyght of hys dyuynyte by a carnal vestement whyche he toke of our nature humayne.

1620 F. Quarles Jonah 1300 Their nakednesse with sackcloth let them hide, And mue the vest'ments of their silken pride.

1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 40 The verdure..that is generally the beauteous vestment of all vegetables.

1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 146 This hidden spirit..putting on new shapes according to the mineral vestment wherewith he is cloathed.

1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty xi. 84 Green,..which colour nature hath chosen for the vestment of the earth.

1836 R. W. Emerson Lang. in Nature iv. 39 A material image..arises in his mind, contemporaneous with every thought, which furnishes the vestment of the thought.

1842 W. A. Butler Serm. (1849) 1st Ser. x. 172 His perpetuated humanity is, then, in heaven,..the vestment of the divine priesthood.

Compounds

vestment-maker n. Frequently in 15th and early 16th cent. accounts.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > monasticism > monastic functionary > tailor > [noun]

vestment-maker1405

1405 Close Roll, 6 Hen. IV b Johannes Est, vestment makere.

1477–9 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 80 Item, paid to a vestment-maker for the mendyng of the Blak Copes.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 284/2 Vestmentmaker, chasublier.

1537–8 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 378 Paid to a vestment maker for xxvij dayes labour.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vestment
释义	vestmentn.¹ Brit. /ˈvɛs(t)m(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈvɛs(t)mənt/ Forms: α. Middle English uestement, Middle English–1500s westement(e, Middle English–1500s vestement (1500s festement). β. Middle English–1500s westment, Middle English vestmente, Middle English– vestment (1600s vest'ment). Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French vestement (modern French vêtement ), < Latin vestīmentum : see vestiment n. 1. A garment or article of clothing, esp. one of the nature of a robe or gown; frequently an outer garment of this kind worn by a king or official either ordinarily or upon some ceremonial occasion. Also collective, clothing, dress, vesture.Now somewhat rare or rhetorical. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun] clothesc888 hattersOE shroudc1000 weedOE shrouda1122 clothc1175 hatteringa1200 atourc1220 back-clout?c1225 habit?c1225 clothingc1275 cleadinga1300 dubbinga1300 shroudinga1300 attirec1300 coverturec1300 suitc1325 apparel1330 buskingc1330 farec1330 harness1340 tire1340 backs1341 geara1350 apparelmentc1374 attiringa1375 vesturec1385 heelinga1387 vestmentc1386 arraya1400 graitha1400 livery1399 tirementa1400 warnementa1400 arrayment1400 parelc1400 werlec1400 raiment?a1425 robinga1450 rayc1450 implements1454 willokc1460 habiliment1470 emparelc1475 atourement1481 indumenta1513 reparel1521 wearing gear1542 revesture1548 claesc1550 case1559 attirement1566 furniture1566 investuring1566 apparelling1567 dud1567 hilback1573 wear1576 dress1586 enfolding1586 caparison1589 plight1590 address1592 ward-ware1598 garnish1600 investments1600 ditement1603 dressing1603 waith1603 thing1605 vestry1606 garb1608 outwall1608 accoutrementa1610 wearing apparel1617 coutrement1621 vestament1632 vestiment1637 equipage1645 cask1646 aguise1647 back-timbera1656 investiture1660 rigging1664 drapery1686 vest1694 plumage1707 bussingc1712 hull1718 paraphernalia1736 togs1779 body clothing1802 slough1808 toggery1812 traps1813 garniture1827 body-clothes1828 garmenture1832 costume1838 fig1839 outfit1840 vestiture1841 outer womana1845 outward man1846 vestiary1846 rag1855 drag1870 clo'1874 parapherna1876 clobber1879 threads1926 mocker1939 schmatte1959 vine1959 kit1989 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun] > garment or article of raileOE i-wedeOE reafOE shroudc1000 weedOE back-cloth?c1225 hatter?c1225 clouta1300 coverturec1300 garment1340 vesturec1384 clothc1385 vestmentc1386 jeryne?a1400 clothinga1425 gilla1438 raiment1440 haterella1450 vestimenta1500 indumenta1513 paitclaith1550 casceis1578 attire1587 amice1600 implements1601 cladment1647 enduement1650 vest1655 body garment1688 wearable1711 sledo1719 rag1855 number1894 opaque1903 daytimer1936 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > other stolec950 paramentc1385 stolea1387 vestmentc1386 chimer1487 shemewe1517 parliament1537 Turkey gown1558 slop1570 blue gown1578 dolman1585 palliament1593 synthesis1606 vest1613 paramentoa1640 brandenburgh1676 khilat1684 spagnoleta1685 sultanea1685 sultana1693 garter-robes1702 under-robe1725 wrapper1725 stola1728 talar1738 negligée1755 jama1776 dust-gown1802 yukata1822 manga1824 gandoura1851 pheran1851 riga1851 shamma1862 choga1869 kanzu1870 kimono1886 holoku1893 mammy-cloth1952 c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 51 This Kambynskan..In riall vestement syt on hys deys. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3701 Þe odor o þi uestement It smelles als o piement. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iv. v. 176 He is bounden to deffende and kepe them that make his vestementis & couertours necessarye vnto his body. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iv. xvii. 280 The scripture saith that the vestement of Ih[es]u Crist dide seme to his apostles white as snowe. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 374 The heraulds with thair awfull westmentis. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) ii. i. 93 Doe their gay vestments his affections baite? View more context for this quotation 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 288 The five principal Persons of the Retinue had each of them a satin Vestment, and another of Taffata. 1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 401 A fairer Red stands blushing in the Rose, Than that which on the Bridegroom's Vestment flows. 1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. vi. §23. 280 Presents of vestments..are frequently made in these countries to the great and those that are in public stations. 1780 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) IV. i. 2 The slightness of their vestment and the lankness of their hair. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. vi. 313 Her charge Of folded vestments neat the Princess placed Within the royal wain. 1826 C. Lamb Wedding in Elia 2nd Ser. She stood at the altar in vestments white and candid as her thoughts. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxix. 381 Their clothes saturated with the freezing water of the floes, these iron men..did not strip themselves naked..and hang up their vestments in the air to dry. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 497 Remembering to warn [the patient] against heated rooms,..stewing in bed, and any possible irritation by vestments. 2. a. A garment worn by a priest or ecclesiastic on the occasion of some service or ceremony; a priestly robe. †In early use also collective, a set of these. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > vestments > [noun] church clothesa1200 vestimenta1250 vestmenta1400 vestc1660 society > faith > artefacts > vestments > [noun] > set of vestmenta1400 suit1433 a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 1560 Þe Bisshop.. dude hym on a vestement, And made..To jubiter sacrifise. c1425 Wyntoun Cron. v. 1898 Hee [a priest of Jupiter] tuggit wiþe his teythe in taggis His westment rewyn al in raggis. c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 1183 To my awter I wyll me dresse; On xall my westment and myn aray. 1560 Bible (Geneva) 2 Kings x. 22 Bring forthe vestements for all the seruants of Baal. And he broght them out vestements. 1598 J. Howson 2nd Serm. Paules Crosse 35 Thimelicus, a dauncer, had bought by chaunce some holy vestement, and abused it publickly in the open theater. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxvi. 228 The High Priests..put on the holy vestments, and enquired of the Lord [etc.]. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews iii. vii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 79 Over this he [sc. the Priest] wore a linen vestment, made of fine flax doubled. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews iii. vii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 79 This vestment reaches down to the feet, and sits close to the body. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 659 The surplice, a vestment of the Pagan Priests, introduced into churches. 1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico III. vi. v. 114 A few priests, clad in their usual wild and blood-stained vestments, were to be seen. 1868 W. B. Marriott Vestiarium Christianum Introd. p. v The attempt..to trace out in detail a correspondence between the ‘eight vestments’ of the Jewish high-priest, and those of Christian ministry. b. An article of attire worn by the clergy of various branches of the Christian church, or by certain of their assistants, during divine service or on some special occasion; spec. one or other of those worn by the priest or priests at the celebration of the Eucharist; esp. the chasuble.In early use perhaps sometimes (like medieval Latin vestimentum) employed in the collective sense of ‘a set of vestments’. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > vestments > [noun] > in Christian church vestment1303 α. 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 4675 Ȝyf prest or clerk lene vestement Þat halwed ys þurgh sacrament. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 41 Þe crouchen, þe calices, þe creyme, þe corporeaus, þe yblissede uestemens. c1450 Mirk's Festial 140 Thys was þe fyrst man þat euer song masse yn vestementys, as prestes now doþe. 1493–4 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 199 Payd to mastyr parson for halowyng of the westementes, xij d. c1535 Ploughman's Tale i. sig. A.^v They halowe nothyng but for hyre Churche, font, ne vestement. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Svpper of the Lorde f. cxxj The Priest..shall put vpon hym..a white Albe plain, with a vestement or Cope. 1566 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 35 Item iij vestements—sold to Christopher Baudwine in anno 1565 who hathe put them to prophane vse. β. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 509/1 Vestment.., vestimentum.c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) vii. 125 Often tymes he [the king] woll bie riche hangynges and other apparell for his howses; vessaill, vestmentes, and oþer ornamentes for his chapell.1513 Last Test. of J. de Veer in Archaeologia (1915) 66 312 A payre of Vestmentes of Whit clothe of gold of Tissue.1531 in J. W. Clay Testamenta Eboracensia (1902) VI. 23 Item, I will that a vestment be maide..of my damaske gowne.1580 Parsons in Relig. Pamphlets (1898) 166 For this Sacrifice was Preistes apparell made: Vestments, Sensors, Frankensence, and the lyke.1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xi. xiv. 198 In costly vestments sacred William dight, With fear and trembling to the altar went.1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 82 I shall not here spend time in describing their way of celebrating Mass,..nor shall I speak of their Sacerdotal Vestments.1782 in J. H. Harting Hist. Sardin. Chapel (1905) 25 Priest's vestment, two dalmatics to correspond, with maniples and stoles [etc.].1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. v. 162 Your years, old man, and those sacred vestments, protect you.1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. x. 267 Another churchman in his vestments bore a holy-water sprinkler.1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. xlix. 59 He had kept his surplice in his own room, and had gone down in his vestment.1881 A. O'Shaughnessy Christ will Return in Songs of Worker 10 And where, 'mid all the glory Of vestments rich, are Joseph's working coat And Mary's rags? 3. transferred and figurative. Something which covers as a garment; a covering. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > a covering > like a garment weedOE robec1225 kirtle1398 vestment1483 vesture1526 apron1535 gabardine1542 garment1585 tire1594 dress1608 garb1613 cowl1658 investiture1660 dressing1835 pinafore1845 cloak1876 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 118/2 Ryght so the majeste of god hydde the lyght of hys dyuynyte by a carnal vestement whyche he toke of our nature humayne. 1620 F. Quarles Jonah 1300 Their nakednesse with sackcloth let them hide, And mue the vest'ments of their silken pride. 1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 40 The verdure..that is generally the beauteous vestment of all vegetables. 1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 146 This hidden spirit..putting on new shapes according to the mineral vestment wherewith he is cloathed. 1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty xi. 84 Green,..which colour nature hath chosen for the vestment of the earth. 1836 R. W. Emerson Lang. in Nature iv. 39 A material image..arises in his mind, contemporaneous with every thought, which furnishes the vestment of the thought. 1842 W. A. Butler Serm. (1849) 1st Ser. x. 172 His perpetuated humanity is, then, in heaven,..the vestment of the divine priesthood. Compounds vestment-maker n. Frequently in 15th and early 16th cent. accounts. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > monastic functionary > tailor > [noun] vestment-maker1405 1405 Close Roll, 6 Hen. IV b Johannes Est, vestment makere. 1477–9 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 80 Item, paid to a vestment-maker for the mendyng of the Blak Copes. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 284/2 Vestmentmaker, chasublier. 1537–8 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 378 Paid to a vestment maker for xxvij dayes labour. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). vestmentn.² Brit. /ˈvɛs(t)m(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈvɛs(t)mənt/ Etymology: < vest v. Compare investment n. rare. A right or privilege with which a person or body is invested or endowed. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > [noun] > definitely assigned vestment1795 1795 J. Phillips Gen. Hist. Inland Navigation (rev. ed.) Add. 149 It is enacted, that they be one body politic and corporate, by the name of ‘The Company of Proprietors of the Mersey and Irwell Navigation’, with all customary powers, vestments, &c. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹1303n.²1795
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