vestry
noun
a room in or a building attached to a church, in which the vestments, and sometimes liturgical objects, are kept; sacristy.
vestries
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pluralof vestry.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In the most affluent parishes, vestries levied taxes to construct substantial churches and fill their pulpits with ministers who blessed the planters’ power.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
Long associated with fire stations, country stores and farmers' kitchens, cribbage has lately crawled into business offices and church vestries.
From Time Magazine Archive
Melbourne proper is situated in the centre, and stands to the rest of the city somewhat as the City of London does to the various vestries.
From Six Letters From the Colonies by R. C. (Robert Cooper) Seaton
The people were even deprived, during Berkeley's second administration, of the right of electing the vestries.
From Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 by Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker
He lies buried in the graveyard, on the left-hand side of the chapel, near the end of the little foot-path which leads round the building to the vestries.
From Curious Epitaphs by Various
