1. clothing or garments, especially ceremonial or formal attire
Usage: formal; literary
2. a covering or outer layer
Usage: formal; literary

1. to clothe or cover with garments
Usage: archaic; literary

Examples

• The priest wore elaborate vesture during the ceremony.
• The mountain’s vesture of snow gleamed in the sunlight.
• Medieval nobles displayed their wealth through rich vesture.
• The earth’s green vesture returned with spring.
• Ancient texts describe how servants would vesture their masters.
• The cathedral’s altar was adorned with golden vesture.
• A vesture of mist covered the valley at dawn.