Definition for VEST'MENT

VEST'MENT, n. [L. vestimentum, from vestio, to clothe; Fr. vetement.]

A garment; some part of clothing or dress; especially some part of outer clothing; but it is not restricted to any particular garment. The sculptor could not give vestments suitable to the quality of the persons represented. Dryden.

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