vestment

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a ceremonial garment worn by a member of the clergy during worship

   The priest put on a white vestment before the Easter service.

2. 2
   noun

   a garment or covering, especially one symbolizing an office or condition

   Jekyll imagined the body as a fleshly vestment that the wind might toss aside.

From Middle English vestement, through Old French, from Latin vestimentum, 'clothing,' based on vestire, 'to clothe.' The general garment sense survives in literary use, while the dominant modern sense refers to ceremonial clothing worn in Christian worship.

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