Vestry

noun

Word Frequency: 0.6

Definitions

1.nounA room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored; also used for meetings and classes; a sacristy.

"The choirboys change into their cassocks in the vestry."

2.nounA committee of parishioners elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish.

"The vestry meets on the first Tuesday of every month."

3.nounAn assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; so called because usually held in a vestry.

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