Vestry

English

Noun

Vestry (plural vestries)

1. A room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored; also used for meetings and classes; a sacristy
   • The choirboys change into their cassocks in the vestry
2. A committee of parishioners elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish
   • The vestry meets the first Tuesday every month

Thesaurus

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

Translations

room in a church

Finnish: sakaristo (fi) Russian: ризница (ru) f., сакристия (ru) f.

Scottish Gaelic: seòmar-culaidh (gd) m.

committee of parishioners

Finnish: kirkkoneuvosto (fi)

Russian: приходское управление (ru) n.

Related terms

• churchwarden

See also

• vestryman

Anagrams

• stryve