vestry

ves·try

V0077900 (vĕs′trē)n. pl. ves·tries 1. A room in or attached to a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these robes and other sacred objects are stored; a sacristy.2. A room in a church used for meetings and classes.3. A committee of members elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish.4. A business meeting of parishioners in a parish.

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[Middle English vestrie, probably from Anglo-Norman *vesterie, alteration of Old French vestiarie; see vestiary.]

vestry

(ˈvɛstrɪ) n, pl -tries1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a room in or attached to a church in which vestments, sacred vessels, etc, are kept2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a room in or attached to some churches, used for Sunday school, meetings, etc3. (Ecclesiastical Terms) Church of England a. a meeting of all the members of a parish or their representatives, to transact the official business of the parishb. the body of members meeting for this; the parish council4. (Ecclesiastical Terms) Episcopal Church Anglican Church a committee of vestrymen chosen by the congregation to manage the temporal affairs of their church[C14: probably from Old French vestiarie; see vest] ˈvestral adj

ves•try

(ˈvɛs tri)

n., pl. -tries. 1. a room in or a building attached to a church, in which the vestments, and sometimes liturgical objects, are kept; sacristy. 2. a room in or a building attached to a church, used as a chapel, for prayer meetings, for the Sunday school, etc. 3. (in the Episcopal Church) a committee elected by members of a congregation to serve with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church. 4. (in the Church of England) a meeting of parishioners or of a committee of parishioners to discuss official business. [1350–1400; Middle English vestrie. See vest (v.), -ery] ves′tral, adj.

Vestry

 in the Church of England, the body which administers the affairs of the church or parish, hence, the collective body of churchwardens, 1672.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	vestry - in the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the churchcommission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berlevestryman - a man who is a member of a church vestryvestrywoman - a woman who is a member of a church vestry
	2.	vestry - a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are heldsacristychurch building, church - a place for public (especially Christian) worship; "the church was empty"room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"

Translations

sagrestia