Home › Words › V › vestimentvestimentvestiment means clothing, clothes, especially ecclesiastical.EtymologyA variant of vestment influenced by its etymon Latin vestīmentum (from vestiō (“to clothe”)).nounClothing, clothes, especially ecclesiastical.e.g.“As well by view of that his vestiment, / As by his modest semblant that no evill ment.” — 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.vesture 72% match — A covering of, or like, clothing. vs vestiment →vestiary 69% match — A dressing room or storeroom for clothes, especially in a church or other religious house. vs vestiment →raiment 68% match — Clothing, garments, dress, material. vs vestiment →vestiarian 67% match — Of or pertaining to a vestiary or vestments. vs vestiment →habiliment 65% match — Clothes, especially clothing appropriate for someone's job, status, or to an occasion. vs vestiment →revesture 65% match — Vesture. vs vestiment →vestment 65% match — A robe, gown, or other article of clothing worn as an indication of office. vs vestiment →clead 64% match — To clothe. vs vestiment →