vestment
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At LACMA, a stunning silver monstrance, sumptuous church vestment embroidery, boxes inlaid with bone and tortoiseshell, and carved wooden trays painted in a dense profusion of floral patterns draw the comparison.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2022
The Japan Wing’s permanent fixtures, too, make for elegant counterpoints as when an 18th-century Buddhist vestment is flanked by a pair of ancient wooden Buddhas.
From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2022
The tall and burly Ukrainian military chaplain clutched a wooden cross and wore a long, camouflage-green cleric’s robe and a gold embroidered vestment.
From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2022
Scott had descended from his ridgetop cabin in a white robe and red clerical vestment, and was now singing reggae songs through a PA system.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2021
He sent Augustin the “pall,” a vestment denoting metropolitan authority, and constituting the recipient vicar of the Pope.
From The English Church in the Middle Ages by Hunt, William
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