vestiarianadj.
/vɛstɪˈɛːrɪən/ 1. Of or relating to, concerned with, ecclesiastical vestments or their use.
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vestimental1849
vestiarian1850
1850 J. B. Marsden Hist. Early Puritans (1853) 19 The question of the habits, or as it has since been termed the vestiarian controversy.
1866 Contemp. Rev. 2 557 The ecclesiastical Adria, agitated by ritualistic and vestiarian gales, has thrown up a great heap of pamphlets.
1881 Guardian 16 Feb. 232/3 We should have been well pleased had these vestiarian differences never found place amongst us.
2. Of, belonging or peculiar to, clothing or dress; vestiary. rare.
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vestiary1622
vestimentary1803
vestural1834
habilimental1837
habilimentary1845
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vestmental1849
clothing1850
vestiarian1854
schmatte1962
1854 R. H. Patterson Ess. Hist. & Art (1862) 34 Whitening of the seams—a disagreeable vestiarian phenomenon produced by the surface, or best-coloured portion, of the cloth being rubbed off.
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