vestiary
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of vestiary
1615–25; < Medieval Latin vestiārius, equivalent to vesti ( s ) ( vest ) + -ārius -ary
Example Sentences
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On entering the Athen�um on this particular evening, he put his hat and coat in the vestiary and was about to order dinner, when he was accosted by Alphabet Jones.
From The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel by Saltus, Edgar
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
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
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
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 Hugo, Victor
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