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Definition of Vestry
1. 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.
2. Noun. A room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held.
Definition of Vestry
1. 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.
2. 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.
Definition of Vestry
1. 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 ¹
2. Noun. A committee of parishioners elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Vestry
1. a room in which vestments are kept [n -TRIES] : VESTRAL [adj]
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