[f. VESTURE sb. + -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.
