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vesture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, wear, wearable |
| Type of | consumer goods, covering |
| Has types | accoutrement, apparel, array, attire, beachwear, black, blue, change, civilian clothing, civilian dress, civilian garb, clothes, drag, accouterment, slip-on, slops, street clothes, tailor-made, threads, togs, uniform, vestiture, wearing apparel, woman's clothing, work-clothes, work-clothing, work clothes, work clothing, accessory, dress, duds, footwear, garb, garment, gray, grey, hand wear, handwear, headdress, headgear, knitwear, leisure wear, loungewear, man's clothing, neckpiece, nightclothes, nightwear, outerwear, overclothes, plain clothes, protective garment, raiment, ready-to-wear, regalia, sleepwear |
| Derivation | vest, vestiary |
vesture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | natural covering, cover, covering |
fields in a vesture of green.
Examples of vesture
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This form of everyday vesture, common up until the 1960s, is now almost extinct.
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Sikhism rejects the idea of considering renunciation as the vesture of a jivan mukta.
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He placed upon her the ornament of justice, and gave her a vesture glittering with many virtues.
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As time went on, the use of mantles of a particular color and style came to be established as specific monastic vesture.
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In latter years, this vesture was more symbolic than practical, and since the mid-twentieth century it has fallen out of favour.
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, for example, has been strongly influenced by the movement in its vesture and ritual.
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The purpose of this vesture was originally practical, since archdeacons and bishops were presumed to be mobile, riding horses to various parts of a diocese or archdeaconry.
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The choir dress or convocation habit for bishops, which used to be their only vesture until pre-Reformation vestments were revived, consists of the cassock, rochet, chimere and tippet.
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The history behind the vesture is that it symbolically represents the mobility of bishops and archdeacons, who at one time would ride horses to visit various parts of a diocese or archdeaconry.
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- Provide or cover with a cloak
- Something that covers or cloaks like a garment; "fields in a vesture of green"
- Clothing: a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
- A covering of or like clothing; To clothe
- A collection of garments, or everything that grows on a piece of land except trees.
- Mantle of authority.
