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单词 vestment
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Definition of vestment in English:

vestment

noun ˈvɛs(t)m(ə)ntˈvɛs(t)mənt
usually vestments
  • 1A chasuble or other robe worn by the clergy or choristers during services.

    a priest in green vestments came and preached a long sermon
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The cardinal who's just been elected pope goes there to put on the vestments he'll wear when he appears to the crowd waiting below in St. Peter's Square.
    • They would gratefully spend time during the week preparing a homily, then go down the street Sunday morning, put on some vestments and say Mass in their own parish communities.
    • It is a sombre painting with the only bright colour provided by the clergymen's vestments and by the headscarves of the women.
    • Peg was gifted with her hands and made numerous vestments for the clergy through her association with the Apostolic Workers.
    • Trying to get into it in full vestments was always something of a challenge.
    • What is the role of lighting in the display of the colors of vestments or robes?
    • The liturgical vestments worn by the priest also indicate this.
    • Now the Pope had reached the elevated altar, his green vestments reflecting the Irishness of the occasion.
    • In addition to painting and sculpture, the collections include displays of silver, ecclesiastical ornaments and vestments, furniture, and altars.
    • The priestly vestments were designed to cover the body in multiple layers, each layer exaggerating the size of legs, torso and head.
    • The new Prayer Book of 1552 was avowedly Protestant; altars were turned into tables, clerical vestments were downgraded and religious orthodoxy was enforced by a new and more stringent Act of Uniformity.
    • They do not even seem to allude to crucifixes or church buildings or vestments or liturgical practice.
    • The vestments of the high priest were bejewelled and adorned with colors that literally mapped the world.
    • The angels are dressed in priests' vestments to emphasise this link with the Eucharist.
    • But rather than represent anonymous bodies, the artist presents us with bodies that are adorned with the symbols of power, bishop's mitres, priestly vestments, and gentlemen's robes.
    • Indeed there was more incense and ornate vestments than I have seen in a Catholic service for some time.
    • He painted designs for richly embroidered ecclesiastical vestments that required satin stitch and raised work in metallic and silk threads.
    • A few clergy assemble, including one in vestments which mark him out as an archbishop.
    • This holiday celebration began in the morning, with clergy clad in white vestments and a choir singing Gregorian chant.
    • Next week, we're due to discuss the different seasons of the church year, and are going touch upon the different colours of vestments worn at different times throughout the year.
    Synonyms
    surplice, cassock, rochet, alb, dalmatic, chasuble
    1. 1.1archaic A garment, especially a ceremonial or official robe.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Study, then, is a habit as desirable as her religious vestments, the garb of potential spiritual insight.
      • With a sigh, the High-Elf sat on a log, shifting her attention from the moon to her clerical vestments.
      • One of the other threads (comparing orthodox medicine/psychiatric techniques to magickal ones) got me thinking about the role of clothing: uniforms, robes, ceremonial vestments, whatever.
      • In the past few weeks, Emily Dickinson has been asked to don her Sunday bests, the vestments of public decorum.
      • So the whole ritual is a sublimated performance in glittering vestments and ceremonial gestures which transform everydayness into a quasi-encounter with the otherworldly.
      Synonyms
      outfit, clothes, costume, ensemble, suit, clothing, dress, attire, garments, garb, turnout, rig, uniform, livery, array, regalia, robes, finery

Origin

Middle English: from Old French vestiment, from Latin vestimentum, from vestire 'clothe' (see vest).

 
 

Definition of vestment in US English:

vestment

nounˈves(t)məntˈvɛs(t)mənt
usually vestments
  • 1A chasuble or other robe worn by the clergy or choristers during services.

    a priest in green vestments came and preached a long sermon
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Next week, we're due to discuss the different seasons of the church year, and are going touch upon the different colours of vestments worn at different times throughout the year.
    • This holiday celebration began in the morning, with clergy clad in white vestments and a choir singing Gregorian chant.
    • A few clergy assemble, including one in vestments which mark him out as an archbishop.
    • Trying to get into it in full vestments was always something of a challenge.
    • The new Prayer Book of 1552 was avowedly Protestant; altars were turned into tables, clerical vestments were downgraded and religious orthodoxy was enforced by a new and more stringent Act of Uniformity.
    • The liturgical vestments worn by the priest also indicate this.
    • He painted designs for richly embroidered ecclesiastical vestments that required satin stitch and raised work in metallic and silk threads.
    • The priestly vestments were designed to cover the body in multiple layers, each layer exaggerating the size of legs, torso and head.
    • They would gratefully spend time during the week preparing a homily, then go down the street Sunday morning, put on some vestments and say Mass in their own parish communities.
    • Peg was gifted with her hands and made numerous vestments for the clergy through her association with the Apostolic Workers.
    • In addition to painting and sculpture, the collections include displays of silver, ecclesiastical ornaments and vestments, furniture, and altars.
    • But rather than represent anonymous bodies, the artist presents us with bodies that are adorned with the symbols of power, bishop's mitres, priestly vestments, and gentlemen's robes.
    • They do not even seem to allude to crucifixes or church buildings or vestments or liturgical practice.
    • Indeed there was more incense and ornate vestments than I have seen in a Catholic service for some time.
    • The vestments of the high priest were bejewelled and adorned with colors that literally mapped the world.
    • Now the Pope had reached the elevated altar, his green vestments reflecting the Irishness of the occasion.
    • The cardinal who's just been elected pope goes there to put on the vestments he'll wear when he appears to the crowd waiting below in St. Peter's Square.
    • What is the role of lighting in the display of the colors of vestments or robes?
    • It is a sombre painting with the only bright colour provided by the clergymen's vestments and by the headscarves of the women.
    • The angels are dressed in priests' vestments to emphasise this link with the Eucharist.
    Synonyms
    surplice, cassock, rochet, alb, dalmatic, chasuble
    1. 1.1archaic A garment, especially a ceremonial or official robe.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • With a sigh, the High-Elf sat on a log, shifting her attention from the moon to her clerical vestments.
      • One of the other threads (comparing orthodox medicine/psychiatric techniques to magickal ones) got me thinking about the role of clothing: uniforms, robes, ceremonial vestments, whatever.
      • In the past few weeks, Emily Dickinson has been asked to don her Sunday bests, the vestments of public decorum.
      • Study, then, is a habit as desirable as her religious vestments, the garb of potential spiritual insight.
      • So the whole ritual is a sublimated performance in glittering vestments and ceremonial gestures which transform everydayness into a quasi-encounter with the otherworldly.
      Synonyms
      outfit, clothes, costume, ensemble, suit, clothing, dress, attire, garments, garb, turnout, rig, uniform, livery, array, regalia, robes, finery

Origin

Middle English: from Old French vestiment, from Latin vestimentum, from vestire ‘clothe’ (see vest).

 
 
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