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protovestiary
protovestiary n. 
/ˌprəʊtə(ʊ)ˈvɛstʃəri/, /ˌproʊdoʊˈvɛstʃiˌɛri/ [after post-classical Latin protovestiarius (1437 in a British source)] now historical the chief official in charge of a vestiary or wardrobe in a palace or other large establishment.
Brit. /ˌprəʊtə(ʊ)ˈvɛstɪəri/
, /ˌprəʊtə(ʊ)ˈvɛstɪəri//ˌprəʊtə(ʊ)ˈvɛstʃəri/U.S. /ˌproʊdoʊˈvɛstiˌɛri/
, /ˌproʊdoʊˈvɛstiˌɛri//ˌproʊdoʊˈvɛstʃiˌɛri/ΚΠ
1706 Rom. Hist. IV. i. 28 He commanded Leo Comoeracon, Protovestiary, or Master of the Wardrobe, to bring him a Sconce.
1774 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry I. iii. 132 Protovestiary or wardrobe keeper of the palace of Antiochus at Constantinople (c 1070).
1865 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 752/2 Simeon Seth, magister and proto-vestiary or wardrobe-keeper of the palace at Constantinople in 1070.
1966 R. Jenkins Byzantium xvi. 221 The court party, headed by Leo himself, his cunning protovestiary Samonas, and his no less devoted Patriarch Nicholas, was compelled to resort to diplomatic manoeuvres.
1995 P. Lock Franks in Aegean vii. 188 The Assizes of Romania record that the protovestiary and the Treasurer were responsible for the collection and farming out of the prince's revenues in the principality of Achaia.
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