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vestiaries

vestiaries is the plural of vestiary.

Meaning of vestiary

Noun

vestiary (countable and uncountable, plural vestiaries)

  1. (countable) 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.1829 May 2, [Walter Scott], Anne of Geierstein; or, The Maiden of the Mist. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Company] for Cadell and Co., […]; London...
    Synonyms:
    sacristy, vestry
  2. (rare, uncountable) Clothing; garments.
    Synonyms:
    vestment

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Questions about vestiaries

What is vestiaries the plural of?
Vestiaries is the plural of vestiary.

Words near vestiaries in the dictionary

  1. Vestfold
  2. Vestian
  3. vestiaria
  4. vestiarian
  5. vestiarians
  6. vestiaries
  7. vestiarium
  8. vestiary
  9. vestibula
  10. vestibular
  11. vestibular duct

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