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
Inheriting the power of the vestries which they displaced, the bodies now mentioned have in their hands the appointment of overseers of the poor.
From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet) Escott
In Virginia the vestries of the parishes fought Governor after Governor until they won the right for the vestry itself to choose the minister to serve in its parish.
From Religious Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century The Faith of Our Fathers by G. MacLaren (George MacLaren) Brydon
During this year the vestries were authorized to make presentation to benefices, an act which Bishop Sherlock complained of as a serious encroachment on the rights of the crown.
From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Charles Campbell
