noun. 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.

noun. A room in a church used for meetings and classes.

noun. A committee of members elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish.

noun. A business meeting of parishioners in a parish.

noun. undefined

noun. 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.

noun. 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.

noun. 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.

noun. A meeting or a board consisting of representatives of the ratepayers at large, all of whom are entitled to vote in their election.

noun. 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.

noun. 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.

noun. A parochial assembly; an assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; -- so called because usually held in a vestry.

noun. A body, composed of wardens and vestrymen, chosen annually by a parish to manage its temporal concerns.

noun. in the city of London, and certain specified parishes and places in England, a body composed of householders who pay poor rates. Its duties include the repair of churches, care of highways, the appointment of certain officers, etc.

noun. a select number of persons chosen in large and populous English parishes to represent and manage the concerns of the parish for one year.

noun. a vestry. See def. 2, above.

noun. an officer chosen by the vestry, who keeps a record of its proceedings; also, in England, one who keeps the parish accounts and books.

noun. the meeting of a vestry or vestry board; also, a meeting of a parish held in a vestry or other place.

noun. 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

noun. A committee of parishioners elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish

noun. in the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church

noun. a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held

"At last he dropped asleep in the middle of a story about a vestry he worked for that hadn't acted fair and square by him like he had by them, or it (I don't know if vestry is singular or plural), and we went home."

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