Meaning of Vestry | Babel Free

Definitions

1. 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.
2. A committee of parishioners elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish.
3. An assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; so called because usually held in a vestry.

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Examples

“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.”

“The vestry meets on the first Tuesday of every month.”

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