单词 | vestry |
释义 | Word Frequency vestry(ˈvɛstrɪ) nounWord forms: plural -tries 1. a room in or attached to a church in which vestments, sacred vessels, etc, are kept 2. a room in or attached to some churches, used for Sunday school, meetings, etc 3. Church of England a. a meeting of all the members of a parish or their representatives, to transact the official business of the parish b. the body of members meeting for this; the parish council 4. Episcopal Church, Anglican Church a committee of vestrymen chosen by the congregation to manage the temporal affairs of their church Derived forms vestral (ˈvestral) adjective Word origin C14: probably from Old French vestiarie; see vest |
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