| 单词 | vestry |
| 释义 | vestry —vestral, adj. /ves"tree/, n. , pl. vestries. 1. a room in or a building attached to a church, in which the vestments, and sometimes liturgical objects, are kept; sacristy. 2. (in some churches) a room in or a building attached to a church, used as a chapel, for prayer meetings, for the Sunday school, etc. 3. Episc. Ch. a committee elected by members of a congregation to serve with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church. 4. Ch. of Eng. a meeting attended by all the parishioners or by a committee of parishioners during which the official business of the church is discussed. [1350-1400; ME vestrie, vestrye. See VEST (v.), -ERY] |
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