vestiary

noun /ˈvɛstɪəɹi/

1. A dressing room or storeroom for clothes, especially in a church or other religious house.

   countable

   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.

2. Clothing; garments.

   rare, uncountable

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry vestiary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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