NOUN | artifact | vestment | gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy |
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Meaning | gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy. | |
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Parts | orphrey | A richly embroidered edging on an ecclesiastical vestment |
Narrower | alb | A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves |
cassock | A black garment reaching down to the ankles | |
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 | |
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 | |
Broader | gown, robe | outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions |
Spanish | vestidura, vestimenta | |
Catalan | vestidura, vestimenta | |
Adjectives | vestmental | of or relating to or resembling a vestment |
Verbs | vest | clothe formally |
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