vestment
121gown — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. peignoir, negligee, nightgown; dress, evening gown, robe; vestment, cassock, frock, smock, slip. See clothing. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dress, frock, evening gown, garment, vestment; see also clothes …
122clergyman — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. cleric, pastor, parson, preacher; see minister 1 , priest , rabbi . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. ecclesiastic, minister, priest, rabbi, preacher, canon, cleric, *dominie, reverend, curate, father, pastor, parson,… …
123dalmatic — dal•mat•ic [[t]dælˈmæt ɪk[/t]] n. 1) rel an open sided vestment worn over the alb by a deacon or bishop 2) rel clo a similar vestment worn by English sovereigns at their coronation • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME < AF dalmatike < LL Dalmatica …
124maniple — man•i•ple [[t]ˈmæn ə pəl[/t]] n. 1) anh (in ancient Rome) a subdivision of a legion, consisting of 60 or 120 men 2) rel a Eucharistic vestment consisting of an ornamental strip worn over the left arm near the wrist. See illus. at chasuble •… …
125pall — I. /pɔl / (say pawl) noun 1. a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb. 2. something that covers, shrouds, or overspreads, especially with darkness or gloom. 3. Ecclesiastical a. a pallium (vestment). b. Obsolete a… …
126dalmatic — n. kind of outer ecclesiastical vestment; similar vestment worn by king at coronation …
127invest — [16] The etymological notion underlying invest is of ‘putting on clothes’. It comes via Old French investir from Latin investīre, a compound verb formed from the prefix in and vestis ‘clothes’ (source of English vest, vestment, travesty, etc). It …
128travesty — [17] Travesty and transvestite [20] are first cousins. Both are compounded of the Latin elements trāns ‘across’ and vestīre ‘clothe’ (source of English vest, vestment, etc), but they are separate formations. Travesty comes ultimately from Italian …
