Vestry

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.

Equivalents

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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