Clothing associated with or used in the rituals of public worship.
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The Bishop in his vestments dispensed the sacrament from the simple altar.
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Parishes in Estonia, Lithuania and Poland have asked for art and vestments.
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Colors and symbolism of the furniture and vestments of the Temple, 409.
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Kentucky's clergy will soon be able to pack heat under their vestments.
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The altar ornaments, vestments, and prayer books were thrown about in confusion.
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That it's been worn since the fourth century, when liturgical costume was first worn.
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He was dressed in an ecclesiastical costume.
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So Caper bid the young priest good-by, saying he regretted that he had not time to further study the ecclesiastical costumes.
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Besides the ecclesiastical costumes in which they always attired themselves at their frequent festivities, they also wore fog-tails in their hats instead of plumes.