ecclesiastical attire
- noun
- /ɪˌkliːziˈæstɪkəl əˈtaɪər/
- Formal
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atuendo eclesiástico
- The bishop wore his ecclesiastical attire during the ceremony.
Examples
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The priest carefully chose his ecclesiastical attire before the Sunday service.
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She was fascinated by the ornate ecclesiastical attire on display in the cathedral museum.
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Certain colors of ecclesiastical attire are reserved for specific church holidays.
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She always chooses elegant ecclesiastical attire for church events.
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The priest carefully chose his ecclesiastical attire before the Sunday service.
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Certain colors of ecclesiastical attire are reserved for specific church holidays.
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She always chooses elegant ecclesiastical attire for church events.
Synonyms
7
8.5
A special robe that a priest or minister wears for religious services
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4.1
Clothes you wear for church or special events
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3.0
The best, most formal clothes someone wears for church or important events
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9.3
Clothes you wear for church or other special events
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7.2
Clothes you wear to church or other special events
Special clothes people wear for church to show respect
Church leaders wear a long loose piece of clothing for church services
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'clothing appropriate for church or clergy' is directly and transparently inferred from 'ecclesiastical' (relating to the Church) + 'attire' (clothing); there is no idiomatic shift. The composition follows a straightforward adjective+noun pattern common across languages and would be clear to a learner who knows both constituents, despite the slightly formal register.
Etymology
Ecclesiastical attire comes from old words meaning 'church' for ecclesiastical and 'clothes' for attire. It named the special clothes priests and church workers wore to show their role or the important day in the church, so today it means 'clothing for church or clergy'.