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

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