Vestry

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Revestiary \Re*ves"ti*a*ry\, n. [LL. revestiarium: cf. F.
     revestiaire. See {Revest}.]
     The apartment, in a church or temple, where the vestments,
     etc., are kept; -- now contracted into {vestry}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vestry \Ves"try\, n.; pl. {Vestries}. [OE. vestrye, F.
     vestiaire, L. vestiarium, fr. vestiarius belonging to
     clothes, fr. vestis a garment. See {Vest}, n., and cf.
     {Vestiary}.]
     1. 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.
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              He said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring
              forth vestments for all the worshipers of Baal. --2
                                                    Kings x. 22.
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     2. (Ch. of Eng.) A parochial assembly; an assembly of persons
        who manage parochial affairs; -- so called because usually
        held in a vestry.
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     3. (Prot. Epis. Ch.) A body, composed of wardens and
        vestrymen, chosen annually by a parish to manage its
        temporal concerns.
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     {Metropolitan vestry}, in the city of London, and certain
        specified parishes and places in England, a body composed
        of householders who pay poor rates. Its duties include the
        repair of churches, care of highways, the appointment of
        certain officers, etc.
  
     {Select vestry}, a select number of persons chosen in large
        and populous English parishes to represent and manage the
        concerns of the parish for one year. --Mozley & W.
  
     {Vestry board} (Ch. of Eng.), a vestry. See def. 2, above.
  
     {Vestry clerk}, an officer chosen by the vestry, who keeps a
        record of its proceedings; also, in England, one who keeps
        the parish accounts and books.
  
     {Vestry meeting}, the meeting of a vestry or vestry board;
        also, a meeting of a parish held in a vestry or other
        place.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vestry
       n 1: 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: a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are
          kept or meetings are held [syn: {sacristy}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "vestry":
     Council of Nicaea, Council of Trent, Easter sepulcher,
     Lateran Council, Vatican Council, ambry, apse, baptistery,
     blindstory, chancel, chapter, choir, classis, cloisters,
     conciliarism, conclave, conference, confessional, confessionary,
     congregation, consistory, convention, convocation, crypt,
     diaconicon, diaconicum, diocesan conference,
     ecclesiastical council, ecumenical council, nave,
     parochial church council, parochial council, plenary council,
     porch, presbytery, rood loft, rood stair, rood tower, sacrarium,
     sacristy, session, synod, transept, triforium