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VESTMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("vestment" is a kind of...):
gown; robe (outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions)
Meronyms (parts of "vestment"):
orphrey (a richly embroidered edging on an ecclesiastical vestment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vestment"):
alb (a white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves; worn by priests)
cassock (a black garment reaching down to the ankles; worn by priests or choristers)
chasuble (a long sleeveless vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass)
humeral veil; veil (a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl)
pallium ((Roman Catholic Church) vestment consisting of a band encircling the shoulders with two lappets hanging in front and back)
pontifical (the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop))
surplice (a loose-fitting white ecclesiastical vestment with wide sleeves)
Derivation:
vest (clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes)
vestmental (of or relating to or resembling a vestment)
