ˈvesturer
[f. vesture n. + -er. Cf. vesterer.]
(See quot. 1877.)
| 1779 G. Keate Sketches fr. Nat. (ed. 2) I. 20 The vesturer conducted us thro' this great repository of the dead. 1877 F. G. Lee Gloss. Eccl. & Liturg. Terms 437 Vesturer. 1. A sacristan. 2. A sexton. 3. A keeper of the vestments. 4. A sub-treasurer of a collegiate church or cathedral. 1898 Guardian 31 Aug. 1313 The site [of the depository of the Easter sepulchre] has recently been localized by..the worthy hon. vesturer. |