vestryˈvɛs tri
vestry (n)
- plural
- vestries
English Definitions:
vestry (noun)
in the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church
vestry, sacristy (noun)
a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held
vestry (Noun)
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
vestry (Noun)
A committee of parishioners elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish
Vestry
A vestry is a room in or attached to a church or synagogue in which the vestments, vessels, records, etc. are kept, and in which the clergy and choir robe or don their vestments for divine service. A select vestry is also an administrative committee of a parish whose meetings would once have been held in that same room. This committee is also known as the "close vestry". The "open vestry", which selected many of those committee members, was a meeting open to the general public who were rate-paying residents. Dating from the 14th century, the vestry was a parish parliament chaired by the parish priest or in his absence the churchwarden or, in the absence of both, an elected member of the meeting. Its powers grew with the decay of the hundredal and manorial courts system. In Welsh chapels, the room is often the location of a tea served to the congregation, particularly family members, after a funeral, when the congregation returns to the chapel after the burial or cremation.
Vestry
A vestry was a committee for the local secular and ecclesiastical government of a parish in England, Wales and some English colonies, which originally met in the vestry or sacristy of the parish church, and consequently became known colloquially as the "vestry". At their height the vestries were the only form of local government in many places and spent nearly one-fifth of the budget of the British government. They were stripped of their secular functions in 1894, and were abolished in 1921.
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