n.
(pl. vestries)
- a room in or attached to a church, used as an office and for changing into ceremonial vestments.
- a meeting of parishioners, originally in a vestry, for parochial business.
Derivative
- vestryman n.
(pl. vestrymen)
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Etymology
ME: prob. from an Anglo-Norman Fr. alt. of OFr. vestiarie, from L. vestiarium.
