vesture

Speech parts

1. vesture - Noun

2. vesture - Verb

Meaning

A garment or garments; a robe; clothing; dress; apparel; vestment; covering; envelope.

The corn, grass, underwood, stubble, etc., with which land was covered; as, the vesture of an acre.

Seizin; possession.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

suit clothing dress drapery frock tog investment wear wearing array covering clothes gear costume ensemble
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Antonyms

peel rumple exposure disorder strip bare
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Hypernyms

dress tog cover covering garment apparel

Hyponyms

black gray change blue uniform dress

Anagrams

versute revestu

Examples

In latter years, this vesture was more symbolic than practical, and since the mid-twentieth century it has fallen out of favour. Source: Internet

The history behind the vesture is that it symbolically represents the mobility of bishops and archdeacons, who at one time would ride horses to visit various parts of a diocese or archdeaconry. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

vestrywoman vestuary vestural vestured vesturer vesuvian