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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vestment \Vest"ment\, n. [OE. vestement, vestiment, OF
vestement, vestiment, F. v[^e]tement, fr L. vestimentum fr
vestire to clothe, fr vestis a garment, clothing. See
{Vest}.]
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
vestment
n : esp, ceremonial garments worn by the clergy
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