superinvestituren.
/ˌsuːpərɪnˈvɛstᵻtʃə/, /ˌsuːpərɪnˈvɛstᵻtjʊə/, /ˌsjuːpərɪnˈvɛstᵻtʃə/, /ˌsjuːpərɪnˈvɛstᵻtjʊə/, U.S. /ˌsupərᵻnˈvɛstətʃʊ(ə)r/, /ˌsupərᵻnˈvɛstətʃər/ Chiefly Theology. Now rare.
An outer garment. Also: the action of putting on an outer garment. Cf. supervestment n., supervesture n. at super- prefix 1c(b).Only in figurative contexts with reference to 2 Corinthians 5:2–4.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > outerwear > [noun]
robesc1330
overclothing1425
out-clothing1496
shaping apparel1564
outside1600
out-garment1634
out-dressa1637
out-array1647
superinvestiture1681
overclothes1824
outer clothing1841
hap1868
outerwear1883
overwear1885
shaping clothes1894
outwear1935
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun] > in specific way > with specific clothing > other
hosing1340
swaddlingc1522
veiling1566
hoodingc1575
vesting1648
superinvestiture1681
shawling1815
bonneting1822
cloaking1824
gloving1826
fancy dressing1848
dressing up1861
costuming1886
uniforming1891
1681 J. Howe Funeral Serm. Mrs. Margaret Baxter 6 He wishes to have a Body made more habile, and commodious, and fitter for the uses of a glorified Soul, (which hath its own more inward clothing peculiar to it self, in respect whereof that of such a Body would be an additional one, a superinvestiture).
1756 Bp. G. Horne Disc. (1793) II. xvii. 142 ‘Clothed upon’, with a superinvestiture of the house from heaven, namely, the divine light [2 Cor. v. 2, 4].
1881 J. Waite in F. C. Cook Holy Bible with Comm. I. (2 Cor. v. 2) 417/2 If he should assume the incorruptible [body] before he has been divested of the corruptible, the process will be a superinvestiture or putting on of an over-garment.
2007 W. Szypuła Holy Spirit in Eschatol. Tension of Christian Life i. ii. 111 The desire for this super-investiture is set in the context of the continuing life on earth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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