Noun : a mountaintop with a vestment of clouds. From Dictionary.com.
This combination of vestments is normally used only for blessings and processions. From Wordnik.com. [Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII: Part 6.1 - Holy Saturday and the Blessing of the New Fire, Procession, Exultet, Prophecies] Reference
But it could be campy fun to see Ewan dress up in vestments-let's hope with some lace?. From Wordnik.com. [First Look: Tom Hanks in Ron Howard's Angels and Demons « FirstShowing.net] Reference
But later, he conducted a simple prayer service in vestments that included a hard hat, combat boots and a prayer shawl. From Wordnik.com. [For those touched most by 9/11, a turning point in faith] Reference
This particular combination of vestments is traditionally used in the Roman Rite for processions and blessings, not for Mass. From Wordnik.com. [Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII: Part 4.1 - Mass of Presanctified, Good Friday, Mass of the Catechumens and the Solemn Prayers] Reference
Men lived in caves, and their vestments were the skins of beasts. From Wordnik.com. [Outline of Universal History] Reference
Tucked in the waistband of his vestments was a Walther PPK with a silencer. From Wordnik.com. [Mission Of Honor]
Their vestments are the cassock and the cotta -- a modification of the surplice worn by the clergy. From Wordnik.com. [The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness] Reference
In place of the white robes he had worn when he entered the city, his vestments were the crimson of dawn, a symbol of his new order. From Wordnik.com. [Chosen Of The Gods]
And after they and their vestments are consecrated. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision] Reference
Shall not sanctify the people with their vestments. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 31: Ezechiel The Challoner Revision] Reference
The vestments described are, we believe, in use in the. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
Mr. Nelson put on his vestments in the stuffy kitchen. From Wordnik.com. [Frank H. Nelson of Cincinnati] Reference
And when he had stripped Aaron of his vestments, he vested. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision] Reference
Take Aaron with his sons, their vestments, and the oil of unction. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 03: Leviticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
That is, with all the vestments denoting his dignity and authority. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
He is represented in ecclesiastical costume in processional vestments. From Wordnik.com. [A Short Account of King's College Chapel] Reference
O'Malley says that he will don the red vestments only for "top-drawer occasions.". From Wordnik.com. [Perspectives] Reference
I hastened out of the bath, threw my vestments over me, and advanced to the door. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
Abbots from far-off distant monasteries were there, dressed in their finest vestments. From Wordnik.com. [Chinese Folk-Lore Tales] Reference
The vestments also, which the priests, to wit, Aaron and his sons, use in the sanctuary. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision] Reference
The accompanying diagram will better illustrate the use of these vestments than a page of writing. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
More ministers are wearing kente cloth on their vestments and playing African drums during services. From Wordnik.com. [Battling For Soul] Reference
From this glittering array one passed, without transition, into the sombre depot of ecclesiastical vestments. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
And these shall be the vestments that they shall make: A rational and an ephod, a tunic and a strait linen garment, a mitre and a girdle. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision] Reference
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