Vestry
21vestry room — noun see vestry 1 * * * vestry room, a room forming the vestry of a church …
22vestry-room — vesˈtry room noun 1. A vestry 2. The meeting place of a vestry • • • Main Entry: ↑vestry …
23vestry-clerk — vesˈtry clerk noun An officer chosen by the vestry to keep the parish accounts and books • • • Main Entry: ↑vestry …
24vestry-men — /vestriyman/ A select number of parishioners elected in large and populous parishes to take care of the concerns of the parish; so called because they used ordinarily to meet in the vestry of the church …
25vestry — noun (plural vestries) Etymology: Middle English vestrie, probably from Anglo French *vesterie, alteration of Middle French vestiarie, from Medieval Latin vestiarium, from Latin, cupboard for storing clothes, from vestis garment; from its use as… …
26vestry — vestral, adj. /ves tree/, n., pl. vestries. 1. a room in or a building attached to a church, in which the vestments, and sometimes liturgical objects, are kept; sacristy. 2. (in some churches) a room in or a building attached to a church, used as …
27vestry — noun a) A room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored; also used for meetings and classes; a sacristy b) A committee of parishioners elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish See Also …
28vestry — Synonyms and related words: Council of Nicaea, Council of Trent, Easter sepulcher, Lateran Council, Vatican Council, ambry, apse, baptistery, blindstory, chancel, chapter, choir, classis, cloisters, conciliarism, conclave, conference,… …
29vestry — ves|try [ˈvestri] n plural vestries [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: vestiarie, from Medieval Latin vestiarium, from Latin vestire; VEST2] a small room in a church where a priest puts on his or her vestments and where holy plates, cups etc …
30vestry — ves|try [ vestri ] noun count a room in a church used for storing things …
