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Definition: Vestment |
VestmentNoun1. Gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "vestment" was first used: 13th century. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clothing | Noun: clothing, investment; covering; dress, raiment, drapery, costume, attire, guise, toilet, toilette, trim; habiliment; vesture, vestment; garment, garb, palliament, apparel, wardrobe, wearing apparel, clothes, things; underclothes. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Vestment |
| English words defined with "vestment": alb ♦ chasuble ♦ Dalmatic ♦ humeral veil ♦ orphrey ♦ pallium ♦ Superinvestiture, surplice ♦ Tunicle ♦ veil, vestmental, vestmented. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "vestment": cappa magna ♦ Sandschaki. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "vestment": Superinvestiture. (references) |
| "Vestment" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 84.62% of the time. "Vestment" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 84.62% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (proper) | 15.38% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
vestment | 8 |
exchange vestment | 5 |
pattern vestment | 3 |
vestment fabric | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "vestment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | veshje e jashtme (casing, jacket), veshje ceremoniale (robe, trappings, war paint), rrobë fetare (vest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ثوب (cloth, dress, garment, gown, material, model, robe, smock, vest, vesture, weft), رداء كهنوتي (surplice, tunic), رداء (apparel, dress, habit, robe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | одежда (garment, guise, robe), покривка за олтар. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | roucho (apparel, attire, raiment, robe, vesture), ornát, knìžský háv. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | لباس رسمی(کشیش), لباس رسمی اسقف , لباس (Attire, Clobber, Clothing, Costume, Dress, Garb, Thing, Vest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | messupuku. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | vêtement sacerdotal, habit de cérémonie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Gewand (apparel, article of clothing, article of dress, costume, garb, garment, gown, habit, outfit, suit, vestments, vesture), Amtstracht (official attire). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ένδυμα (dud, garb, garment, habiliment, habit, raiment, tog), άμφια (cope, vestments). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מלבוש (attire, dress, garment, livery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | miseruha (chasuble, planet), díszruha (formal clothes, full dress, habiliments, robe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pakaian (attire, costume, dress, garb, garment, vestiture, vesture, wear). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | paramento liturgico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 法衣 (priest's robe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ほうい (direction, encirclement, envelopment, placenta, priest's robe, siege), ほうえ (Buddhist mass, priest's robe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | brat altar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | estmentvay vestuário (apparel, attire, attirement, clothes, clothing, come off, costume, enshrine, fig, garner, gewgaw, guise, habiliment, investment, put off, raiment, stalking horse, tog, toggery, vesture), vestimenta (array, garb, toilet, vesture), traje (apparel, clothes, costume, ensemble, garb, garment, habiliment, outfit, raiment, suit, toilet), toga (gown, robe, toga), toalha de altar (altar cloth, pall-mall), túnica (chiton, frock, robe, skin, tunic, Tunica, vest), paramento, beca (gown, robe, uniform). (various references) veşmânt (dress, garb, garment, habit, raiment, robes), robã (gown, robe), odãjdii (canonicals), hainã de ceremonie. (various references) риза (chasuble, cope), одеяние (apparel, habiliment, habit, raiment, robe, vesture). (various references) oltarnjak, odelo (dress, guise, habiliment, outfit, suit, toggery, vesture), odežda (chasuble). (various references) vestimenta (clothing, raiment). (various references) skrud (attire, garb, raiment, vesture), mässhake (chasuble). (various references) resmi elbise (investiture, uniform), papaz elbisesi, kisve, cüppe (cassock, chasuble, frock, gown, robe, surcoat, surplice, tabard). (various references) облачення, одяг (apparel, caparison, clobber, clothes, clothing, costume, dress, garb, garments, investment, outfit, rag, raiment, rig out, tailoring, things, togs, wear). (various references) lễ phục. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | stola, vestimentum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "vestment": vestmental, vestments. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "vestment": disinvestment, divestment, investment, overinvestment, reinvestment, underinvestment. (additional references) | |
Words containing "vestment": disinvestments, divestments, investments, overinvestments, reinvestments, underinvestments. (additional references) | |
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"Vestment" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Vadstena, vestement, vesten, vestiment. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "vestment" (pronounced 'Vest"ment'): Abasement, Abashment, Abatement, Abetment, Abjurement, Abodement, Aborsement, Abortment, Abridgment, Absentment, Abutment, Accordment, Accouchement, Accroachment, Accrument, Accusement, Acquirement, Acquitment, Adjournment, Adjudgment, Adjustment, Adorement, Adornment, Advancement, Advisement, Affeerment, Afforcement, Affordment, Affrayment, Affreightment, Affrightment, Aggroupment, Agistment, Agreement, Agroupment, Ailment, Alignment, Alinement, Allayment, Allegement, Allignment, Allotment, Allurement, Amassment, Amazement, Amendment, Amercement, Amusement, Annexment, Announcement, Annulment, Anointment, Apartment, Appallment, Appeachment, Appeasement, Appertainment, Appliment, Applotment, Appointment, Appraisement, Apprizement, Approachment, Arraignment, Arrestment, Ascertainment, Aspirement, Assailment, Assentment, Assessment, assignment, Assithment, Assortment, Assuagement, Assythment, Astoundment, Attachment, Attainment, Attaintment, Attendment, Attirement, Attornment, auripigment, Availment, Avengement, Averment, Avisement, Avouchment, Bailment, Baptizement, Basement, Batement, Befriendment, Beguilement, Benightment, Benumbment, Bequeathment, Bereavement, Beseechment, Besetment, Besiegement, Bestowment, Betrayment, Betrothment, Betrustment, Bewailment, Bewitchment, Bewrayment, Bisegment, Blastment, Bodement, Bombardment, Bushment, Butment, Cajolement, Casement, Catchment, Cerement, Cessment, Chatoyment, Cloyment, Coadjustment, Commandment, Commencement, Commitment, Compartment, Compilement, Completement, Complotment, Comportment, Concealment, Condolement, Confinement, Confutement, Congealment, Conjurement, Consignment, Containment, Contentment, Contrivement, Controlment, Convincement, Copartment, Counterrolment, Curtailment, Debarment, Debasement, Debatement, Debauchment, Deboshment, Decampment, Decidement, Declarement, Decorement, Deducement, Defacement, Deferment, Definement, Deforcement, Defraudment, Defrayment, Degradement, Delayment, Denotement, Denouncement, Department, Deplorement, Deportment, Depravement, Deprivement, Derailment, Derangement, Derivement, Desightment, Designment, Despisement, Despoilment, Detachment, Detainment, Determent, Dethronement, Devolvement, Devotement, Diducement, Disagreement, Disannulment, Disappointment, Disarrangement, Disarrayment, Disavowment, Disbandment, Disbarment, Disbursement, Discernment, Discontentment, Diseasement, Disembarkment, Disemboguement, Disemployment, Disenchantment, Disendowment, Disengagement, Disenthrallment, Disgorgement, Disguisement, Disimprovement, Disinterment, Disinthrallment, Dislodgment, Dismastment, Disobligement, Disownment, Dispatchment, Disportment, Disposement, Distillment, Divergement, Divestment, Divinement, Divorcement, Easement, Effacement, Ejectment, Eloignment, Eloinment, Elopement, Embalmment, Embankment, Embarkment, Embasement, Embayment, Embedment, Emboitement, Embossment, Emboyssement, Embracement, Embranchment, Embreathement, Embroilment, Embushment, Empalement, Emplacement, Employment, Enactment, Encampment, Encasement, Encashment, Enchainment, Enchantment, Enclavement, Encroachment, Encrustment, Encystment, Endearment, Endictment, Endowment, Enduement, Endurement, Enfeoffment, Enfoldment, Enforcement, Engagement, Engorgement, Engraffment, Engrailment, Engravement, Engrossment, Engulfment, enhancement, Enjoinment, Enjoyment, Enlacement, Enlargement, Enlistment, Enouncement, Enragement, Enrichment, Enrockment, Enrollment, Enslavement, Enswathement, Entailment, Entassment, Entertainment, Enthrallment, Enthronement, Enticement, Entombment, Entrancement, Entreatment, Entwinement, Enwrapment, Epaulement, Equipment, Erasement, Escapement, Escarpment, Eschewment, Espousement, Estrangement, Estrepement, Evincement, Evolvement, Exaltment, Excitement, Excusement, Exertment, Exhalement, Exhaustment, Explorement, Extolment, Farcement, Feoffment, figment, fitment, Fleshment, Forcement, Foreappointment, Forebodement, Forejudgment, fragment, Freshment, Frightment, fulfillment, garment, Gazement, Imbankment, Imbowment, Imbruement, Imbrutement, Imbuement, Imbursement, Immoment, immurement, Impackment, impairment, Impartment, impeachment, impingement, Imposement, impressment, improvement, Impugnment, Incagement, incasement, Incensement, incitement, Incommodement, Increasement, Incrustment, Indebtment, Indentment, indictment, Inditement, Indorsement, Indowment, inducement, Induement, Indulgement, Infeoffment, Infoldment, infringement, Ingraftment, Ingulfment, Insignment, installment, instillment, Insultment, Intendment, Interchangement, Interlacement, interment, internment, Inthrallment, Intombment, intrenchment, Introducement, Intwinement, Inurement, investment, Invitement, involvement, judgment, jument, Lavement, Ledgment, lodgment, loment, maladjustment, Maltreament, Mandment, Manurement, Mendment, Misadjustment, Misallotment, Misarrangement, Misemployment, Misimprovement, Misjudgment, misplacement. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-m-n-s-t-t-v" | |
-2 letters: events, tenets. | |
-3 letters: evens, event, meets, mense, mesne, metes, neems, netts, neves, semen, sente, seven, teems, teens, tenet, tense, tents, vents. | |
-4 letters: emes, even, eves, meet, mete, neem, nest, nets, nett, neve, seem, seen, seme, sene, sent, sett, stem, stet, teem, teen, tees, tens, tent, test, tets, vees, vent, vest, vets. | |
-5 letters: eme, ems, ens, eve, men, met, nee, net, see, sen, set, tee, ten, tet, vee, vet. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-m-n-s-t-t-v" | |
+1 letter: vestments. | |
+2 letters: divestment, investment, revetments, vestmental. | |
+3 letters: devotements, divestments, investments. | |
+4 letters: reinvestment, twelvemonths. | |
+5 letters: advertisement, augmentatives, demonstrative, disinvestment, divertimentos, imitativeness, overstatement, reinvestments, remonstrative. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 65 73 74 6D 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- . ... - -- . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01100101 01110011 01110100 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V e s t m e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0065 0073 0074 006D 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5671858679718086 |
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