vestiary

[ ves-tee-er-ee ]

adjective

1. of or relating to garments or vestments.

vestiary

/ ˈvɛstɪərɪ /

noun

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

adjective

1. rare.
   of or relating to clothes

Word History and Origins

Origin of vestiary¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of vestiary¹

C17: from Late Latin vestiārius, from vestis clothing

Example Sentences

Keaton’s writing, however, is not all chuckles and vestiary treatise.

From Newsweek

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

From Project Gutenberg

Entering into our vestiary, they caused all the ornaments of the church to be noted down in an inventory.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

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.

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