vestidura

vestment, garment

noun bes-tee-DOO-rah Rare

Also means

robes (of office)

Usage Note

Vestidura is typically used in formal or religious contexts to refer to liturgical robes or ceremonial dress. It most commonly appears in the plural vestiduras, and the phrase rasgarse las vestiduras (literally 'to tear one's vestments') is a common idiom meaning to make an exaggerated show of moral outrage or indignation.

Examples

"El sacerdote lució sus vestiduras ceremoniales."

Natural Translation

The priest wore his ceremonial vestments.

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