3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  He  said  unto  him  that  was  over  the  vestry,  Bring 
  forth  vestments  for  all  the  worshipers  of  Baal.  --2 
  Kings  x.  22. 
 
  2.  (Ch.  of  Eng.)  A  parochial  assembly;  an  assembly  of  persons 
  who  manage  parochial  affairs;  --  so  called  because  usually 
  held  in  a  vestry. 
 
  3.  (Prot.  Epis.  Ch.)  A  body,  composed  of  wardens  and 
  vestrymen,  chosen  annually  by  a  parish  to  manage  its 
  temporal  concerns. 
 
  {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 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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}] 

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