Endusis refers to an item of wearing within a contrast between outward adornment and other adornment.

The attested use places the term among visible items of outward adornment, in a clause that contrasts such adornment with what should not be primary.

1. An item of outward adornment · dominant

   In 1 Peter 3:3, the genitive singular feminine form occurs in the list of outward adornments alongside braided hair and gold; the APB renders the clause "wearing of clothing."

   1 Peter 3:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Peter 3:3, the APB presents the term within the phrase "wearing of clothing." That phrase is treated as the clause's presentation rather than a precise lexical equivalence.