vestment

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vest·ment /ˈvestmənt/ noun [countable usually plural]  RRCa piece of clothing worn by priests during church services 〔神职人员主持宗教仪式时穿的〕法衣，祭服

Examples from the Corpus

vestment• His meals were always ready, his clothes clean and pressed, and his vestments for the Sunday service were immaculate.• Old vestments lay scattered on top, their colours faded, the material no longer springy soft.• Church services too became more elaborate and ornamental with the lavish use of incense and ever richer vestments.• He journeyed without royal vestments, wearing a disguise to escape detection and perhaps to save money.• They had put on their vestments in an old farmhouse across from the field.• Slugs would drag along the bathroom floor, trailing their vestments of brown slime.• He was dressed in radiant white vestments and his hands were folded on his chest.• A layer of brown dust began to cover the white vestments of the priests.Origin vestment (1200-1300) Old French vestement, from Latin vestimentum, from vestire; → VEST2

vest·ment nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus priests of clothing a by piece worn

vestment
vest‧ment /ˈvestmənt/ noun [countable usually plural]a piece of clothing worn by priests during church services

vest·mentBrE /ˈvestmənt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈvestmənt/ 🔊 noun [usually plural] a piece of clothing worn by a priest during church services （司祭在礼拜仪式上穿的）祭衣，祭服