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VESTIBULE (from Lat. vestibulum)

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 1056 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VESTIBULE (from
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Lat. vestibulum)  , the architectural
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term given to an antechamber next to the entrance and preceding the
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hall; it is also applied to the anteroom of any large apartment . The word is connected, like
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Vesta (q.v.), with the Sanscrit
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root vas-, to dwell, inhabit . In
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medieval Latin it was occasion-ally used, instead of vestiarium, for a
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vestry (see Du Cange,
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Gloss. med.
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lat., s.v.), which is derived from Lat. vestis, clothing .

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