plural vestries
1
a
: sacristy
b
: a room used for church meetings and classes
2
a
: the business meeting of an English parish
b
: an elective body in an Episcopal parish composed of the rector and a group of elected parishioners administering the temporal affairs of the parish
Examples of vestry in a Sentence
the priest returned the chalice to the vestry
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My childhood was full of visits to musty vestries in Milwaukee and Memphis and Marseille, as my dad wrote traveler’s checks to various priests in his most formal handwriting.
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John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
The 36 unique rooms and suites (including six suites in a former vestry across a courtyard) form an opulent oasis in the rustic Umbrian countryside.
—Jason Horowitz, Town & Country, 16 June 2023
Denise Day, a St. James parish member, said Dr. Griffin was appointed as the church’s first female senior warden of the vestry, the highest lay position.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2022
Since then, the vestry at St. Mark’s — a board of directors with 12 members who represent the political spectrum, Shumard said — voted unanimously to form a committee to explore hosting a family and take training through Episcopal Migration Ministries.
—Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2021
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John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
The 36 unique rooms and suites (including six suites in a former vestry across a courtyard) form an opulent oasis in the rustic Umbrian countryside.
—Jason Horowitz, Town & Country, 16 June 2023
Denise Day, a St. James parish member, said Dr. Griffin was appointed as the church’s first female senior warden of the vestry, the highest lay position.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2022
Since then, the vestry at St. Mark’s — a board of directors with 12 members who represent the political spectrum, Shumard said — voted unanimously to form a committee to explore hosting a family and take training through Episcopal Migration Ministries.
—Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2021
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“Vestry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vestry. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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vestry
noun
ves·try
ˈves-trē 
plural vestries
: a room in a church building for sacred furnishings (as vestments)
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