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vestry

noun
/ˈvɛstɹi/

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman vesterie, from Old French vestiaire (“room for vestments, dressing room”), from Latin vestiarium (“wardrobe”). Doublet of vestiary.

  1. derived from vestiarium — “wardrobe”
  2. derived from vestiaire — “room for vestments, dressing room”
  3. derived from vesterie

Definitions

  1. A room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored

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

    • The choirboys change into their cassocks in the vestry.
    • What a day, eh? Demmy, it's like the commencement of the rainy season in Bengal. But you'll find my carriage is watertight. Come along, my mother and Emmy are in the vestry.

  2. An assembly of persons (ad hoc or recurrent) who manage parochial affairs

    An assembly of persons (ad hoc or recurrent) who manage parochial affairs; so called because usually held in a vestry.

  3. A committee of parishioners elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish.

    • Near-synonyms: parochial church council, PCC, parish council (ecclesiastical sense, uncommon)
    • The vestry meets on the first Tuesday of every month.

The neighborhood

Derived

born in the vestry, select vestry, vestry clerk, vestrydom, vestryism, vestryman

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA