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Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: vestement, from Latin vestimentum, from vestire; VEST2

vestment

 noun
     
Related topics: Christianity
vest‧ment [countable usually plural]
RRC a piece of clothing worn by priests during church services
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