vestry
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman vesterie, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French vestiaire (“room for vestments, dressing room”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin vestiarium (“wardrobe”).
Noun
vestry (plural vestries)
- 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.
- The choirboys change into their cassocks in the vestry.
- A committee of parishioners elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish.
- The vestry meets on the first Tuesday of every month.
- An assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; so called because usually held in a vestry.
Related terms
Translations
room in a church
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committee of parishioners
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