Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
vestiary .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a vestiary or vestments.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to a
vestiary orvestments .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The vestiarian profession has always been ill-treated by the world.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 442 Volume 17, New Series, June 19, 1852 Various 1841
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In the midst of all this diversity, the question was, What were the proper proportions? or, in other words, What proportions constituted a handsome figure? and here our vestiarian philosopher was for a long time at a loss.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 442 Volume 17, New Series, June 19, 1852 Various 1841
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Puritans were further dismayed when they learned that the bishops had decided to merge the vestiarian controversy into the requirement that clergy subscribe to the Thirty-Nine Articles: at the time they swore their allegiance to the Thirty-Nine Articles, the bishops also required all clergymen to swear that the use of the Book of Common Prayer and the wearing of vestments are not contrary to Scripture.
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