vestiary
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of vestiary
1615–25; < Medieval Latin vestiārius, equivalent to vesti ( s ) ( see vest) + -ārius -ary
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So he went into the vestiary where the garments were kept and doffing his dress donned a garb which converted him into a Darwaysh.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Entering into our vestiary, they caused all the ornaments of the church to be noted down in an inventory.
From The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson by Jocelin de Brakelond
In these little boxes--of which the rent is that of a palace--one would be foolish to look for the space of a vestiary.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
New taxes, sumptuary taxes, vestiary taxes; nemo audeat comedere praeter duo fercula cum potagio; tax on the living, tax on the dead, tax on successions, tax on carriages, tax on paper.
From Napoleon the Little by Victor Hugo
That is the vestiary and the way out So that in leaving you may find at once Your Polish mantle or your overcoat.
From L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand
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