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vestiary

American  
[ves-tee-er-ee] / ˈvɛs tiˌɛr i /

adjective

  1. of or relating to garments or vestments.


vestiary British  
/ ˈvɛstɪərɪ /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. rare of or relating to clothes

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of vestiary

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

Example Sentences

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The High Mass was superb with orchestral music and the most sumptuous robes of the vestiary.

From Spanish Highways and Byways by Katharine Lee Bates

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

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

She would choose in the vestiary; and in the majesty of her unveiled beauty, her papyrus sandals rustling, she walked from her dormitory followed by her slaves.

From Sónnica by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

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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