vestiarian
UK/ˌvɛs.tɪˈɛəɹi.ən/US/ˌvɛs.tɪˈɛɹi.ən/
vestiarian adjective: of or pertaining to a vestiary or vestments.
Adjective
vestiarian (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to a vestiary or vestments.
- The Puritan threat—indeed the term "Puritan" itself—emerged outside of Parliament during the vestiarian controversy of the mid-1560s.1990, Leo F. Solt, Church and State in Early Modern England, 1509-1640, page 83
- Against this background of Edwardine vestiarian strife antagonists on both sides of the Elizabethan debate of the mid-1560s honed their polemics.2007, W. J. Torrance Kirby, The Zurich Connection and Tudor Political Theology, page 213
Noun
vestiarian (plural vestiarians)
- During the vestiarian controversy, a supporter of the wearing of vestments by the clergy (as opposed to an anti-vestiarian who considered the wearing of vestments a form of idolatry).
- Throughout his even career of promotion there is only one single wayward note [the signing of the petition for leniency toward the vestiarians at Cambridge in 1566 —see abte., ppp. 15-16];1949, Donald Joseph McGinn, The Admonition Controversy, page 587
- However, instead of trying to classify puritans according to their opinions ( vestiarians, presbyterians, etc.) as previous historians have tended to do, Dr Collinson suggests that it is more useful to recognize the existence of two conflicting strains within puritanism which were there from the...1968, Theology - Volume 71, page 274
- A member of a monastery responsible for making, caring for, and distributing habits.
- When, every six weeks or so, there was a great 'wash' of some part of the habit, the vestiarians had to ensure that each garment was properly dealt with before being put carefully away.2016, Monica Baldwin, I Leap Over the Wall
Forms of vestiarian
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Origin of vestiarian
See vestiary.
Words that rhyme with vestiarian
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- agrarian
- Bulgarian
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- catenarian
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- lunarian
- Marian
- planetarian
- Ripuarian
- Solarian
- trinitarian
- alphabetarian
- antiauthoritarian
- aquarian
- Bolivarian
- communitarian
- contrarian
- corpuscularian
- denarian
- flexitarian
- futilitarian
- infirmarian
- Kaffrarian
- necessitarian
- nonsectarian
- paraovarian
- parian
- pollotarian
- proprietarian
- quinarian
- sacramentarian
- sanitarian
- semivegetarian
- Tartarean
- Tartarian
- Tocharian
- tricenarian
- valetudinarian
- acarian
- actiniarian
- actuarian
- aerarian
- alcyonarian
- altitudinarian
- antelapsarian
- antiacarian
- antiegalitarian
- antilapsarian
Questions about vestiarian
- What does vestiarian mean?
- Vestiarian means of or pertaining to a vestiary or vestments.
- What part of speech is vestiarian?
- Vestiarian can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce vestiarian?
- Vestiarian is pronounced /ˌvɛs.tɪˈɛəɹi.ən/ (UK).
Words near vestiarian in the dictionary
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