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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. a room in which vestments are kept [n -TRIES] : VESTRAL [adj]