vestments

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Vestments made of intricate floral brocade in 1741, given by Louis XV, enrich the walls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

He’s a great one for catalogs — for example, this list of the assets of a monastery he’s considering looting: Vestments of red turkey satin and white lawn, wrought with beasts in gold.

From Time • May 16, 2012

Concerning the Tabernacle and its Vessels, and of the Vestments of the Priests, three books.

From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert

Vestments, 313, 326; Italian, 329; Spanish, 331; modern, 343; set presented to Romsey and Croyland by Canute, 366, 370; set bequeathed to Westminster Abbey by Henry VII.,

From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess

The Royal Vestments Of England are amongst the most gorgeous "makings of a king" known to history.

From Coronation Anecdotes by Gossip, Giles