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vesture

[ ves-cher ]

noun

  1. Law.
    1. everything growing on and covering the land, with the exception of trees.
    2. any such covering, as grass or wheat.
  2. Archaic.
    1. clothing; garments.
    2. something that covers like a garment; covering.


verb (used with object)

vestured, vesturing.
  1. Archaic. to clothe or cover.

vesture

/ ˈɛʃə /

noun

  1. archaic.
    a garment or something that seems like a garment

    a vesture of cloud

  2. law
    1. everything except trees that grows on the land
    2. a product of the land, such as grass, wheat, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. archaic.
    tr to clothe
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٳܰ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • tܰ· adjective
  • ԴDz·tܰ noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of vesture1

1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French; Old French vesteure < Vulgar Latin *īū, equivalent to Latin ī ( us ), past participle of ī ( vest ) + -ure
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of vesture1

C14: from Old French, from vestir, from Latin ī, from vestis clothing
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Benedict, in contrast, wore the vesture like a uniform, emphasizing his notion of the papacy not as a glamorous appointment but as the humble, humbling job of leading the Catholic Church.

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Against that backdrop, the shameless price-gouging policy of Shrekli’s latest vesture, Turing, starts to make a sick sort of market sense.

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Modern thought leaders are like secular clergy, convening gatherings and delivering sermons that are really just moral pep-talks dressed up in TED-style vesture.

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The music-master was a young man, thin and clean, whose bright silk waistcoats belied the gravity of the rest of his vesture, which was black and brown.

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The Vestal Virgins were further distinguished by a vesture of pure white linen, with a purple border and a wide purple mantle.

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