Vestry

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A room in or attached to a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these robes and other sacred objects are stored; a sacristy.
  • n. A room in a church used for meetings and classes.
  • n. A committee of members elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish.
  • n. A business meeting of parishioners in a parish.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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
  • n. A committee of parishioners elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal vestments and sacred utensils are sometimes kept, and where meetings for worship or parish business are held; a sacristy; -- formerly called revestiary.
  • n. A parochial assembly; an assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; -- so called because usually held in a vestry.
  • n. A body, composed of wardens and vestrymen, chosen annually by a parish to manage its temporal concerns.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n.
  • n. A room, or sometimes a separate building, attached to a church, where the vestments of the clergy, and sometimes the sacred vessels and other treasures of the church, are kept.
  • n. In non-liturgical churches, a room or building attached to a church, and used for the Sabbath-school, the weekly prayer-meetings, religious services, etc.; a chapel.
  • n. In English ecclesiastical law, and in American colonial law: A meeting of the inhabitants or ratepayers of a parish for the despatch of the official business of the parish.
  • n. A meeting or a board consisting of representatives of the ratepayers at large, all of whom are entitled to vote in their election.
  • n. In the Prot. Epis. Ch. in the United States of America, a committee (chosen annually by the members of the congregation) who, in conjunction with the churchwardens, manage its temporal affairs.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. in the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church
  • n. a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    committee    commission    room   
    Cross Reference
    select vestry    common vestry    vestryman   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sacristy    chape   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sacristy    chancel    vicar    eldership    scullery    beadle   
     
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