Category:Vestment

Vest"ment, n. Etym: [oe. vestement, vestiment, of. vestement, Vestiment, f. vêtement, fr. L. vestimentum, fr. vestire to clothe, Fr. vestis a garment, clothing. See vest.]

Defn: a covering or garment; some part of clothing or dress; Specifically (eccl.), any priestly garment. "royal vestiment." Chaucer. "priests in holy vestments." Shak. The sculptor could not give vestments suitable to the quality of the Persons represented. Dryden.