vestiary
noun/ˈvɛstɪəɹi/UK/ˈvɛs.tiˌɛɹi/US
Etymology
From Old French vestiarie, from Latin vestiarium, from vestis (“clothing”). Doublet of vestry.
- derived from vestiarium
- derived from vestiarie
Definitions
A dressing room or storeroom for clothes, especially in a church or other religious house.
- Here a novice appeared from the vestiary of the chapel at his call, and received commands to enquire at the hamlet whether Philipson's bales, with the horse which transported them, had been left there, or ferried over along with his son.
- They often had her return to the vestiary for different items two or three times before they were satisfied with what she brought them.
Clothing
Clothing; garments.
Pertaining to clothes or clothing.
- In 1964 she initiated ‘vestiary’ sculpture made of soft materials and designed to be worn by the spectators […].
- The Professor was left to stare into the depths of his ancient hat, as if it were a vestiary expression of his present situation.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA