Synonyms for vesture


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ves-cher
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɛs tʃər

Top 10 synonyms for vesture Other synonyms for the word vesture

Définition of vesture

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Anglo-French and Old French vesture, from Vulgar Latin *vestitura "vestments, clothing," from Latin vestivus, past participle of vestire "to clothe" (see wear).
  • As in clothing : noun attire
  • As in clothes : noun apparel
  • As in vestment : noun gown
  • As in clothes/clothing : noun personal attire
Example sentences :
  • And over herself she dropped a vesture of joy to greet him when he should step forth.
  • Extract from : « Bride of the Mistletoe » by James Lane Allen
  • To one side of it the farms lay, brown and gold in their autumn vesture.
  • Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
  • All that he does and brings to pass is the vesture of a book.
  • Extract from : « Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) » by Leslie Stephen
  • All that he does, and brings to pass, is the vesture of a Thought.
  • Extract from : « Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History » by Thomas Carlyle
  • They differ widely in vesture; yet look at them intrinsically.
  • Extract from : « Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History » by Thomas Carlyle
  • He has spent every energy of his life here, in building the vesture.
  • Extract from : « Child and Country » by Will Levington Comfort
  • The difference, however, is in the vesture that the esthetic ideal assumes.
  • Extract from : « Essay on the Creative Imagination » by Th. Ribot
  • Insulted by a lazy ribald With idle pipe and vesture piebald?
  • Extract from : « The Book of Humorous Verse » by Various
  • It was love which made Him assume the vesture of human flesh.
  • Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren
  • Never had the garb of respectability been so battered into the vesture of disrepute.
  • Extract from : « The Belovd Vagabond » by William J. Locke
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