Look up: Vestry

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   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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   Vestry
   room where the clergy and choir dress and the vestments are kept.
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   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 members of the vestry were entitled to vote on all parish matters and to elect parish officers. To be eligible for the vestry one had to be a contributor to the church rate. The vestry clerk
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   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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   Vestry
   Room(s) where a vicar prepares for a religious service in a church.
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   Vestry
   See sacristy.
   Found on http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/crsbi/frglossary.
   
   
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   Vestry
   A room in which vestments are kept, but also used for most parish business
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   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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   Vestry
   Ves'try noun ; plural Vestries . [ Middle English vestrye , French vestiaire , Latin vestiarium , from vestiarius belonging to clothes, from vestis a garment. See Vest , noun , and confer Vestiary .] 1. A room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal vestments and sacred utensils are sometimes kept, ...
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    vestry
    sacristy noun a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held
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    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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    Vestry
    A `vestry` is a storage room in or attached to a church or synagogue. A vestry is also an administrative committee of a church.
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    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 sacerdotal vestments and sacred utensils are some...
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