vestiary

American  

[ves-tee-er-ee] / ˈvɛs tiˌɛr i /

adjective

1. of or relating to garments or vestments.

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vestiary British  

/ ˈvɛstɪərɪ /

noun

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

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adjective

1. rare of or relating to clothes

Etymology

Origin of vestiary

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

Example Sentences

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

From Spanish Highways and Byways by Bates, Katharine Lee

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 Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

From a vestiary point of view he would seem as prosperous as in the days when he was known to, and envied by, Wandsborough and its neighbourhood as the future Squire of Cranston.

From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram

On arriving, he went up through the ferns to the vestiary, left his coat and hat, and while putting on his gloves, gazed down from the balcony which Lander occupies to the ball-room below.

From Eden An Episode by Saltus, Edgar

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 Rostand, Edmond