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The apartment, in a church or temple, where the vestments, etc., are kept; -- now contracted into vestry.

Same as Revestiary. [Obs.]

Vesture. [Obs.] Richrevesture of cloth of gold. E. Hall.

An outer vestment or garment. [R.] Bp. Horne.

Sylvan. [R.]

Disguised by dress so as to be ridiculous; travestied; -- applied to a book or shorter composition. [R.]

An undershirt.

The sacred writings of the ancient Persian religion, attributed to Zoroaster, but chiefly of a later date.

abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress.

preceded by own; as, of one's own accord. That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap. Lev. xxv. 5. Of his own accord he went unto you. 2 Cor. vii. 17.

To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction. His censure will . . . accredit his praises. Cowper. These reasons . . . which accredit and fortify mine opinion. Shelton.

Of or pertaining to aërometry; as, aërometric investigations.

The science, doctrine, or demonstration of causes; esp., the investigation of the causes of any disease; the science of the origin and development of things.

A second crop or harvest in the same year. Mortimer.

The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested; as, the age of consent; the age of discretion. Abbott.

The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming.

A vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, an enveloping the person; -- in the Roman Catholic church, worn by those in holy orders when officiating at mass. It was formerly worn, at least by clerics, in daily life.

To sanction; to invest; to intrust. [Obs.] Thou shalt be . . . allowed with absolute power. Shak.

Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing. "Ambient air." Milton. "Ambient clouds." Pope.

In churches, a kind of closet, niche, cupboard, or locker for utensils, vestments, etc.