VESTITURE

vestiture

(noun) an archaic term for clothing

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

vestiture (countable and uncountable, plural vestitures)

(biology) The hairs of plants, invertebrates and other non-mammalian organisms, taken as a whole.

(rare) Investiture (of a person with a specific role, powers etc.).

(literary or archaic) Clothes, clothing.

Anagrams

• servitute

Source: Wiktionary


Ves"ti*ture, n. Etym: [See Vesture.]

Definition: In vestiture. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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