vesture
/ˈvɛstʃə
/noun [mass noun] literary
Clothing; dress: a man garbed in ancient vesture...
- He was quite comfortable in presiding at the Lord's Supper in this vesture because it befit the ministry he had chosen.
- The chance of seeing him take a backwards flip in full Sunday vesture was too dazzlingly promising.
- In addition some suspected that liberals might find themselves in the dock for failing, contrary to church law, to wear proper church vesture such as cassock and surplice.
Origin
Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin vestire 'clothe'.
Rhymes
- kisser
- Kissimmee
- kissing bug
- kissing cousin
- kissing crust
- kissing disease
- Kissinger, Henry
- kissing gate
- kissing gourami
- kiss of death
- kiss-off
- kiss of life
- kiss of peace
- kissogram
- kiss someone's arse (or ass)
- kiss someone/thing off
- kiss something better
- kiss something goodbye (or kiss goodbye to something)
- kiss the rod
- kiss up to
- kissy
- kissy-face
- kist
- Kiswahili
- kit