vesture
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- noun
- /ˈvɛstʃər/
- Literature
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vestidura
- In her speech, she described love as a vesture that wraps around the heart, providing comfort and warmth.
Examples
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The novel uses nature as a vesture, cloaking deeper themes of mortality and existence in its vivid imagery.
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But whilst this muddy vesture of decay doth grossly close it in, - we cannot hear it.
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It says, "They parted my garment amongst them and upon my vesture, they cast lots."
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She weaves flowers of heaven into the vesture of earthly life.
Academic text (2005) -
Kind souls, what, weep you when you but behold our Caesar's vesture wounded?
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The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and adopts the vesture of his adopted land.
Academic text (1996) -
The artist draped the statue in a beautiful vesture made of silk to highlight its elegance.
Synonyms
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1.0
Things you wear to cover your body
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1.8
An item of clothing that covers the body
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3.2
A loose outer coat that fastens at the neck and hangs down the back
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1.1
A thing placed over something to protect or hide it
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8.5
A special robe that a priest or minister wears for religious services
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8.9
A sleeveless cloak worn over the shoulders in old times
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A piece of clothing like a coat worn over other clothes for warmth or protection
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A long coat with a hood that you pull over your head
A covering or shelter that protects something from bad weather
Clothes worn by a person, often formal or special
A piece of outer clothing you wear over other clothes for warmth or protection
Antonyms
How Covered
Surface Forms
Etymology
Vesture comes from the Latin word vestis meaning 'garment' and is the same root as the simple English words vest and vestment. So, when we speak of a valley wearing a new vesture of green, we mean it has a covering or cloak like a piece of clothing.