vestry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored; also used for meetings and classes.
An assembly of persons (ad hoc or recurrent) who manage parochial affairs; so called because usually held in a vestry.
A committee of parishioners elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish.

/ˈvɛstɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vestry.wav

vestry vestries

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

vestiary sacristy parochial church council PCC parish council

churchwarden

born in the vestry select vestry vestry clerk vestrydom vestryism vestryman

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