vestment.html - n.
1 any of the official robes of clergy, choristers, etc., worn during divine service, esp. a chasuble.
2 a garment, esp. an official or state robe. [ME f. OF vestiment, vestement f. L vestimentum (as VEST)]

vestment.html - n.
1 any of the official robes of clergy, choristers, etc., worn during divine service, esp. a chasuble.
2 a garment, esp. an official or state robe. [ME f. OF vestiment, vestement f. L vestimentum (as VEST)]

vestment.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 an undergarment worn on the upper part of the body.
2 US & Austral. a waistcoat.
3 a usu. V-shaped piece of material to fill the opening at the neck of a woman's dress.

--v.

1 tr. (esp. in passive; foll. by with) bestow or confer (powers, authority, etc.) on (a person).
2 tr. (foll. by in) confer (property or power) on (a person) with an immediate fixed right of immediate or future possession.
3 intr. (foll. by in) (of property, a right, etc.) come into the possession of (a person).
4 a tr. poet. clothe. b intr. Eccl. put on vestments.

vested interest 1 Law an interest (usu. in land or money held in trust) recognized as belonging to a person.
2 a personal interest in a state of affairs, usu. with an expectation of gain. [(n.) F veste f. It. veste f. L vestis garment: (v.) ME, orig. past part. f. OF vestu f. vestir f. L vestire vestit- clothe]

vestment.html - n.
hist. a short wooden or wax match. [Vesta, Roman goddess of the hearth and household]

vestment.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 chaste, pure.
2 of or relating to the Roman goddess Vesta.

--n.

1 a chaste woman, esp. a nun.
2 Rom. Antiq. a vestal virgin.

vestal virgin Rom. Antiq. a virgin consecrated to Vesta and vowed to chastity, who shared the charge of maintaining the sacred fire burning on the goddess's altar. [ME f. L vestalis (adj. & n.) (as VESTA)]

vestment.html - n.
= VEST n. 3.