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Meanings of vestments in English
Clothing associated with or used in the rituals of public worship.
Usage of vestments in English
1
The Bishop in his vestments dispensed the sacrament from the simple altar.
2
Parishes in Estonia, Lithuania and Poland have asked for art and vestments.
3
Colors and symbolism of the furniture and vestments of the Temple, 409.
4
Kentucky's clergy will soon be able to pack heat under their vestments.
5
The altar ornaments, vestments, and prayer books were thrown about in confusion.
6
The children were attended by ten or twelve priests in rich vestments.
7
Inside the coffin was the pastoral staff, but no ring or vestments.
8
We have vestments during the week, but not at the mid-day Celebration.
9
Hard by lies a prior in his vestments, his hands meekly clasped.
10
The skeletons stood out clean cut, with no trace of fleshly vestments.
11
Then there is the stained glass, the crucifixes, the richly embroidered vestments.
12
On the first occasion somebody caught at the hem of his vestments.
13
He is so thin that his bones threaten to pierce his vestments.
14
It yields robes and vestments, jewels and gems, animals, paddy and barley.
15
We would have liked to be sent to prison for wearing vestments.
16
The priest's vestments, too ornate in the setting, sat stiffly on him.
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Translations for vestments
Russian
Portuguese
Vestments through the time
Vestments across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common