vestiary

[ves-tee-er-ee]

adjective

of or relating to garments or vestments.

Origin of vestiary

1615–25; < Medieval Latin vestiārius, equivalent to vesti(s) (see vest) + -ārius -ary

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The High Mass was superb with orchestral music and the most sumptuous robes of the vestiary.
Spanish Highways and Byways
Katharine Lee Bates

British Dictionary definitions for vestiary

vestiary

noun plural -aries

obsolete a room for storing clothes or dressing in, such as a vestry

adjective

rare of or relating to clothes

Word Origin for vestiary

C17: from Late Latin vestiārius, from vestis clothing

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