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vestiary¹

  • /ˈvɛstɪəɹi/ UK
  • /ˈvɛs.tiˌɛɹi/ US

Where it comes from

From Old French vestiarie, from Latin vestiarium, from vestis (“clothing”). Doublet of vestry.

noun 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.

    Similar: sacristy, vestry

  2. rare, uncountable Clothing; garments.

    Similar: vestment

vestiary²

  • /ˈvɛstɪəɹi/ UK
  • /ˈvɛs.tiˌɛɹi/ US

Where it comes from

From Latin vestiarius, from vestis as Etymology 1, above.

adjective more vestiary · most vestiary

  1. Pertaining to clothes or clothing. In 1964 she initiated ‘vestiary’ sculpture made of soft materials and designed to be worn by the spectators […].

    Similar: sartorial

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adj pertaining to clothing

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"vestiary." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/vestiary.

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@misc{vestiary_2026,
  title = {vestiary},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vestiary},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}