vestiary
UK/ˈvɛstɪəɹi//ˈvɛs.tiˌɛɹi/
vestiary noun: a dressing room or storeroom for clothes, especially in a church or other religious house.
Noun
vestiary (countable and uncountable, plural vestiaries)
- 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...
- They often had her return to the vestiary for different items two or three times before they were satisfied with what she brought them.1998, Catherine M. Odell, Faustina, page 75
- Clothing; garments.
- Synonyms:
- vestment
Adjective
vestiary (comparative more vestiary, superlative most vestiary)
- Pertaining to clothes or clothing.
- In 1964 she initiated ‘vestiary’ sculpture made of soft materials and designed to be worn by the spectators […].1981, Harold Osborne, The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Art
- The Professor was left to stare into the depths of his ancient hat, as if it were a vestiary expression of his present situation.2006, Thomas Pynchon, “The Light over the Ranges”, in Against the Day, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 34
- Synonyms:
- sartorial
Synonyms of vestiary
Forms of vestiary
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | vestiaries |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more vestiary |
| superlative | most vestiary |
Origin of vestiary
From Old French vestiarie, from Latin vestiarium, from vestis (“clothing”). Doublet of vestry.
From Latin vestiarius, from vestis as Etymology 1, above.
Questions about vestiary
- What does vestiary mean?
- Vestiary means a dressing room or storeroom for clothes, especially in a church or other religious house.
- What part of speech is vestiary?
- Vestiary can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce vestiary?
- Vestiary is pronounced /ˈvɛstɪəɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of vestiary?
- The plural of vestiary is vestiaries.
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