Temple garment
religious undergarment worn by endowed members of some Latter Day Saint denominations
A temple garment, also referred to as garments, the garment of the holy priesthood, or Mormon underwear, is a type of underwear worn by adherents of the Latter Day Saint (LDS) movement after they have taken part in the endowment ceremony. Garments are required for any individual who previously participated in the endowment ceremony to enter a temple. The undergarments are viewed as a symbolic reminder of the covenants made in temple ceremonies and are seen as a symbolic and/or literal source of protection.
The garment is given as part of the washing and anointing portion of the endowment, and is worn under the temple robes during the endowment and sealing (i.e. LDS marriage) ceremonies. The temple garment is worn primarily by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and by members of some Mormon fundamentalist churches. Adherents consider them to be sacred and inappropriate for public display. Anti-Mormon activists have occasionally publicly displayed or defaced temple garments to express their opposition to the LDS Church.
Purpose
Scholars of Latter-day Saint material culture have described the temple garment as serving both devotional and identity-forming functions. Worn beneath ordinary clothing, it serves as a reminder of temple covenants and helps reinforce religious identity and commitment.
“Temple garment” enters the record as religious undergarment worn by endowed members of some Latter Day Saint denominations. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Temple, garment and religious can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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