Vestry

Full definition of vestry

Noun

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.The choirboys change into their cassocks in the vestry.
2. A committee of parishioners elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish.The vestry meets on the first Tuesday of every month.
3. An assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; so called because usually held in a vestry.

Related terms

• churchwarden

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• stryve