different between vestment vs chasuble

English

Etymology

From Middle English vestement, vestment, from Old French vestement (compare French vêtement), from Latin vest?mentum. Surface analysis vest +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?stm?nt/

Noun

vestment (plural vestments)

1. A robe, gown, or other article of clothing worn as an indication of office.
2. Any of the special articles of clothing worn by members of the clergy etc., especially a garment worn at the celebration of the Eucharist.
3. (in the plural) Clothing.
4. (archaic) An article of clothing, especially an outer garment.

Related terms

• invest
• vest
• vestibule
• vesture

Translations

References

• vestment at OneLook Dictionary Search
• vestment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From Middle English chesible, from Old French chesible, from Late Latin casubla, an alteration of Latin casula (“little cottage, hooded cloak”), a diminutive of casa (“house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??æzj?b?l/

Noun

chasuble (plural chasubles)

1. (Christianity) The outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for celebrating Eucharist or Mass.
   • 1898, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, from the 1856 French by Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, part 3, chapter 10 (ebook):

     Day broke. He saw three black hens asleep in a tree. He shuddered, horrified at this omen. Then he promised the Holy Virgin three chasubles for the church, and that he would go barefooted from the cemetery at Bertaux to the chapel of Vassonville.

Translations

Anagrams

• Baluches, bauchles

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.zybl/

Noun

chasuble f (plural chasubles)

1. chasuble

Derived terms

• chasublerie
• chasublier

References

• “chasuble” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).