Vestry
11vestry — [[t]ve̱stri[/t]] vestries N COUNT A vestry is a room in a church which the clergy use as an office or to change into their ceremonial clothes for church services …
12vestry — noun (plural vestries) 1》 a room in or attached to a church, used as an office and for changing into ceremonial vestments. 2》 a meeting of parishioners, originally in a vestry, for parochial business. Derivatives vestryman noun (plural vestrymen) …
13vestry — n. Sacristy, vestry room …
14vestry — /ˈvɛstri / (say vestree) noun (plural vestries) 1. a room in or a building attached to a church, in which the vestments, and sometimes also the sacred vessels, etc., are kept; a sacristy. 2. (in some churches) a room in or a building attached to… …
15vestry — n. (pl. ies) 1 a room or building attached to a church for keeping vestments in. 2 hist. a a meeting of parishioners usu. in a vestry for parochial business. b a body of parishioners meeting in this way. Derivatives: vestral adj. Etymology: ME f …
16Vestry board — Vestry Ves try, n.; pl. {Vestries}. [OE. vestrye, F. vestiaire, L. vestiarium, fr. vestiarius belonging to clothes, fr. vestis a garment. See {Vest}, n., and cf. {Vestiary}.] 1. A room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal vestments and… …
17Vestry clerk — Vestry Ves try, n.; pl. {Vestries}. [OE. vestrye, F. vestiaire, L. vestiarium, fr. vestiarius belonging to clothes, fr. vestis a garment. See {Vest}, n., and cf. {Vestiary}.] 1. A room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal vestments and… …
18Vestry meeting — Vestry Ves try, n.; pl. {Vestries}. [OE. vestrye, F. vestiaire, L. vestiarium, fr. vestiarius belonging to clothes, fr. vestis a garment. See {Vest}, n., and cf. {Vestiary}.] 1. A room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal vestments and… …
19Vestry House Museum — Vestry House Museum, is the local history museum for the London Borough of Waltham Forest, and stands within the village of Church End, Walthamstow. This secluded area still preserves a rural atmosphere, although it lies only a quarter of a mile… …
20Vestry school — Vestry School, formally the St. John s Vestry A. I. Higher secondary School, was founded in 1763 in Trichairalli, India.HistoryWhen this school was started on 1763 by the British, it was first held inside the vestry room of St. John s church. (A… …
