Look up: Vestry

1. Vestry
   room where the clergy and choir dress and the vestments are kept.
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2. Vestry
   Originally the place where the church vestments, plate and the parish chest containing the parish records were kept. It was in the vestry that the parishioners met to administer the affairs of the parish and the word vestry came to be used for that body of parishioners also. In this context the mem...
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3. vestry
   [n] - 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. [n] - a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held
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4. Vestry
   Room(s) where a vicar prepares for a religious service in a church.
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5. Vestry
   See sacristy.
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6. Vestry
   A room in which vestments are kept, but also used for most parish business
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7. Vestry
   From the Latin word vestire, meaning to clothe, or to put on. It refers to the room where the priest would vest.
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8. Vestry
   Ves'try noun ; plural Vestries . [ Middle English vestrye , French vestiaire , Latin vestiarium , from vestiarius belonging to clothes, from vestis a garment. See Vest , nou...
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9. vestry
   sacristy noun a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held
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10. vestry
    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
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11. Vestry
    • (n.) A parochial assembly; an assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; -- so called because usually held in a vestry. • (n.) A body, composed of wardens and vestrymen, chosen annually by a parish to manage its temporal concerns. • (n.) A room appendant to a church, in which...
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12. Vestry
    A vestry or revestry is a room attached to the choir of a church, sometimes called the sacristy, in which the sacred vessels and vestments were kept, and where the priest put on his robes. In ordinary parish churches it was usually an adjunct on one side of the choir but was sometimes at the east en...
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13. Vestry
    A vestry is a room attached to a parish church where the vestments and ornaments are kept, and which is also used for parochial meetings.
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14. Vestry
    built in 1766 at Perryman, Maryland A `vestry` is a room in or attached to a church or synagogue in which the vestments, vessels, records, etc., are kept – see sacristy, and in which the clergy and choir robe or don their vestments for divine service. A `vestry` or `select vestry` is also an ...
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