unˈvest, v.
[un-2 4.]
1. trans. To divest, strip.
| 1609 Bible (Douay) Lev. vi. 11 He..shal be unvested of his former vestments. 1610 J. Guillim Heraldry iii. vii. 106 This being mortified and vnuested of the verdour which sometimes it had. |
2. refl. and absol. To divest (oneself) of ecclesiastical vestments.
| 1740 Challoner Gard. Soul (1801) 87 The priest returns..to the sacristy and unvests himself. c 1771 in E. H. Burton Life Challoner (1909) I. ix. 140 The Bishop having unvested, remained kneeling. 1853 Dale tr. Baldeschi's Ceremonial 15 They assist the sacred Ministers to unvest. |