Ve.stibule, a hall or antechamber next to the en- trance, from wiiieh doors open to the various rooms or passages of a house. This is the Vitruvian and the modern sense; but the latter includes any lobby, porch, or anteroom through which a larger apartment or a house, etc., is entered. Vestibuluin, in mediaival Latin, is also used for the vestiarium, or vetttn/. and Sometimes for the nave, the ecclesia being strictly the choir onh-. The origin of the word is disputed, but it is probable that it first signified the entrance-chaml)er to the baths, where the clothes of the bather were laid aside; and hence the entrance to a house or any public edifice. — Parker, Gloss, of Architect, s. v.
Vestment, The, a term usually applied to the chas- uble, which is the eucharistic vestment, and is used in the same manner as the expression i/ie sacrament in reference to the Lord's supper. In mediicval times, however, it included a complete set of eucharistic vest- ments— viz., chasuble, amice, stole, and maniple. See Vestments.
Vestment Board is a table sometimes placed in the sanctuaries of churches in ancient times, on which a bishop's vestments were placed before assuming them, and after taking them off.
Vestments, Clerical, are those official garments which are worn by the clergy in divine service. The following list comprises all the vestments in common use, antl many that have been used occasionally in dif- ferent ages and places :
1. The alb is a long linen garment with tight sleeves, and is confined at the waist by a girdle.
2. The almuce, or almutinm., was a hood of fur worn anciently while reciting the otHcea by ciinons, and after- wards by other distinguished ecclesiastics, as a protection jigainst cold.
3. The amicp, or amictus, was an oblong piece of fine linen with strings, worn by all clergy above the minor orders over the cnssock; and was phiced first on the head, then being adjusted round the neck formed the colhir.
4. Bands, two falling pieces of l.iwii, edged with a hem of the same material, woru in front of the neck.
6. The biretta, or biretum, is a cap woru by Western ec- clesiastics of all jrrades.
6. The cassock, or pellicia {jyellis, fur, the lining of the L,';unieiit anciently), is a garment which tits the body close- ly, bill is loose and flowing below.
7. The chasuble yin» a circular or elliptical piece of cloth with a hole in the centre to admit the head, and when worn completely covered the body.
S. The chimera, or chimere, is a short sleeveless cloak worn over the rochet as the ordinary dress of prelates.
9. The cincture is a flat l)and, usually about three yards long and four inches wide, used to confiue tlie cassock around the waist.
10. The coliibium was like the timic, except that it was without sleeves.
11. The cope is an exact semicircle, like a cloak, at- tached to which is a hood, now n.<ed merely for onia- nienl.
12. The cotta is a short surplice either with or without sleeves.
13. The cowl is a luonnstic head-dress in the form of a capacious hood attached to the back of the neck of the ordinary dress.
14. The didmatica is a long robe with sleeves, open np the sides about two feet, and was for niaiiy centuries re- garded as the peculiar garment for deacons at the Chris- tian sacrifice.
1.^. The girdle, or cingulum, is a cord of liuen, silk, or other material, with tassels at tlie extremities, by which the alb is bound about the waist. It is fastened on tlie left side.
16. The gnw7i is a long loose upper garment.
17. The hood was a monastic coveriufr for the head.
15. The maniple was anciently a mere strip of very fine liuen attached to the left arm of the priest with which to wipe tlie chalice previous to the first, oblation, but after- wards it came to be an ornament of great richness worn by the priest and his assistants at the Eucharist.
19. The mitre was a hieiarchical head-covering origi- nating with the Jew.s, and worn by Christians of certain sects from very early ages. It was of various shapes.
2(1, The pallium was'an ancient ecclesiastical vestment made of white lamb's-wool, signify lug metropoliiical juris- diction.
21. The rochet is a frock of tine lawn with tiKht sleeves.
2'2. The scixjndnr, or scapiilarij, consisted of two bauds of woollen stuff, one hanging "down the breast and tlie other down the back.
23. The scarf is a baud of silk about a foot wide and ten feet loiin;, various sorts of which are in common use in the Clinreh of England.
24. The stole, or orarium, is a narrow band of silk or other material, fringed at the ends, and sometimes adorn- ed with jewels, worn on the left shoulder of deacons, and round the neck of priests and bishops, pendent on each side nearly to the ground.
25. The surplice is a loose flowing vestment of linen, reaching almost to the feet, having' sleeves broad and fnll.
26. The tiara is the triple crown of the pope.
27. The tippet is a narrow garmeut or covering for the neck and shoulders.
28. The tunic and tunicle are only diflerent names for the dalmatica.
Besides the above-named vestment.'!, the following or- naments and appendages deserve mention, as belonging to the complete outfit of the officiating ecclesiastic on certain occasions :