Searchable Lemmata: vestimentum (L), vestement (AF), vestement (ME), vestment (OScots), vestment (MdE), vestiment (MdE).
Alternate Forms: vestiment, vetiement, vestment, vestamentum, veytementz, vescemuntz, westementz.
1a(n.)
Garment;
ceremonial or ecclesiastical garment or suit of garments; an altar cloth, suit of altar clothes or other ecclesiastical soft furnishings. In most instances, vestment refers to a suit of clothing worn during the performance of liturgical service; found in apposition to indumentum. The garments for the service changed not only in appearance but in number throughout the period. Specific garments included the alb, chasuble, stole, amice, girdle, dalmatic, gloves, mitre, ring, crozier, cope, gremiale.
Note the AF construction 'vestement entier' (set or suit of of [liturgical] vestments).(circa 700 still in current use)
1. De veste sacerdotali in lege. Octo sunt in lege genera sacerdotalium vestimentorum. Poderis est sacerdotalis linea, corpori adstricta et usque ad pedes descendens; unde et nuncupata; quam vulgo camisiam vocant.
[DOE ISID. Etym. (19,21,1)]
2. Vestimentum vero est quod usque ad vestigium pertenditur, quasi vestigimentum, ut est tunica talaris. Sed et hoc consuetudo sermonis auctorum confundit. Indumentum, quod intus ad corpus induitur, quasi intumentum. Amictus.
[DOE ISID. Etym. (19,22,2)]
3. Deus qui uestimentum salutare et indumentum aeterne iocunditatis tuis fidelibus promisisti clementiam tuam suppliciter exoramus ut haec indumenta humilitatem cordis et contemptum mundi significantia quibus famula tua illa sancto uisibiliter est informanda proposito propitius benedicas et beate castitatis habitum quem te inspirante susceperit te protegente custodiat per god ðv ðe woede halvoende & gigerila eces wynsvmnis' ðinvm gileaffvllvm gihehtest rvmmodnise ðin boenlice ve bid' þætte ðas gigerila eðmodnis'e heart' & f'hogdnise l middang'es becnendo ðæm ðiva ðin halgvm gisenelice is gibisnendo gisetnise mildelice gibloedsa ðv & eadges clænnis' giscæp' þæt ðec inblavende l onfoe ðec scildende gihalda.
[DOE DurRitGl 1 (Thomp-Lind) (075300 (103.12))]
5. Lotum induitur mundis uestimentis, id est interula, cuculla, caligis, calceis, cuiuscumque sit ordinis; <nisi> si uero sacerdos fuerit, circumdatur ei stola super cucullam, si ita ratio dictauerit : geðwegen byþ gescrydd mid clænum reafum þæt ys mid hemeþe & culan hosum sceon swa hwylcere swa he si endebyrdnysse <buton> gif he soþlice sacerd byþ si ymbutonseald him stole ofer þa culan gif swa gescead wissaþ.
[DOE RegCGl (Kornexl) (0500 (66.1582)) 970/1050]
8. Omni tempore uestimenta tua sint pretiosa et oleum de capite tuo non deficiat on eallum timan reafu þine syn deorwyrþe & ele of heafude þinum na ateorige.
[DOE LibSc (137300 (43.5))]
10. His ornatur presbitur ornamentis .s. superlicio, alba, talari et tyara vel manipula, phanula, stola et infula et cintorio candidissimo. Sed episcopus celebrat cum mitra et anulo, podere, humerali, rationali, qui sepissime gerit pedum deauratum.
[AND TLL (1,201,10-12)]
12. Coloris vestimentorum sunt quatuor vel sex varietates juxta morem curie Romane videlicet, candidus, rubeus, viridis seu croceus, violacius, blauus vel niger.
Ecclesiastic/Regula.
[DMLBS Ord. Exon. (St John Hope 222) 1337]
13. unum album cum paruris de rubeo velveto pulverizatum cum boterfleyes de auro ... j vestimentum de nigro sendell' pro defunctis pro uno capellano
Accounts.
[DMLBS Invent. Norw. (I) 1368]
16. [132] ... Item, I bequethe to the said chirch, ane hole sute of vestmytes [read: vestmyntes] of russet velvet ... One coope, chesible diacones, for decones; with the awbes and parures ... 1 chesible diacones, for decones, or frees of white clothe of gold powdred with garters ... [134] ... On vestment ... that ys of blak satyn ground, figured wyth rede velvet ... I bequethe ... myne executors to make for the same chalice ii small nets of sylver and over-gilt.
Wills.
[MED Will Brugco in Nichols Illust. (132-134) 1449]
17. [38] ... j vestment of blewe chamlet enbraudet with whyte Roses, with stole, fanon, aube, amys, and alle þat longe for a preste. ... Item, j chesebyll of Ray wt a grene orfray ... [39] ... Item, j auter clothe playne Contenyng v yardis wt vij Rayes at euery ende ... j frontell for the fonte of blewe lynnen clothe frenchid with white, grene and Rede ... [42] ... Item, j lytyll clothe for weddynges, pauyd [read: panyd] wt rede and yollowe for to knele þeron ... [44] ... j Rode clothe ... j sudary of sylke and wt rays ouer thwerte ... j sudary of perpyll sylke wt iiij knoppys of syluer ouer gyldyd for þe Coupe.
Accounts.
[MED Rec.St.Stephen in Archaeol.50 (38-44) 1466]
Sex: Male Use: Ecclesiastical Status: n/a Rank: n/a Ceremonial: Yes
Body Parts: Entire Body.
1b(n.) ;
specifically, a suit of clothing worn by Anglo-Saxon monks (Benedictines).(circa 950)
1. Abbas autem de mensura prevideat ut non sint curta ipsa vestimenta utentibus ea sed mensurata be gemete foresceawige þæt na beon gescyrte þa sylfan reaf brucendas hi ah gemetlice.
[DOE BenRGl (0483 (55.92.5))]
Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:
1c(n.) ;
garment (singular), clothes (plural) or suit of clothing in general; refers to many types of garment and suit. Note the AF construction 'vestement entier' (set or suit of of [liturgical] vestments).(circa 800 still in current use)
3. Surgit a cena et ponit uestimenta sua et cum accepisset linteum praecinxit se aras from ðær farma & sette uoedo ł his & miððy onfeing ł þæt lin ymbgyrde l hine.
[DOE JnGl (Li) (058900 (13.4))]
4. Swa smyring on heafde seo astah on beard seo astaht on endas hrægeles his Sicut unguentum in capite quod descendit in barbam barbam Aaron, Quod descendit in ora uestimenti eius.
[DOE PsGlK (Sisam) (216100 (132.2))]
5. Et quando legitur in euuangelio Partiti sunt uestimenta mea et reliqua, statim duo diaconi nudent altare sindone, que prius fuerat sub euangelio posita, in modum furantis & þænne hit byþ rædd on þam godspelle sona twegen diaconas barian þæt weofud oferbrædelse þe ær wæs under godspelle geled on gemet stelendes.
[DOE RegCGl (Kornexl) (032200 (43.1031)) 970/1050]
8. la seynture fu fet par tel enchantement ke, si une femme l'out desuz sun vestiment, i n'i aveit home en cecle vivant ke de cocher od li out auchun talent
Heroic, Poetic.
[AND Boeve ((D) 1002) circa 1200/1250]
Sex: Male, Female, Infant Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Entire Body.
2(n.)
Law/Custom;
act of being invested (with something); investment.(circa 1200 - circa 1400)
Sex: Male, Female Use: n/a Status: n/a Rank: n/a Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
