vestryman

American  

[ves-tree-muhn] / ˈvɛs tri mən /

noun

plural

vestrymen

1. a member of a church vestry.

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vestryman British  

/ ˈvɛstrɪmən /

noun

1. a member of a church vestry

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Etymology

Origin of vestryman

First recorded in 1605–15; vestry + man

Example Sentences

He’d been a Columbia College trustee, a Trinity Church vestryman, president of the Philharmonic Society, co-founder of the Union League Club.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

In the years after the White House, Mr. Bush wrote his memoirs and divided his time between Houston and the family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine, where he was a vestryman of St. Ann’s Episcopal Church.

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2018

At various points in his life, he was an architect, a builder, a planter, a farmer, a church vestryman, a court justice, a sheriff, a county official and an innkeeper.

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2018

Shaw's opinions on municipal politics and public health at the turn of the century were formed and sharpened by his years as a vestryman and borough councillor for the St Pancras district of London.

From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2012

Paul Schlieben interrupted the vestryman, and drew a long breath as though of relief.

From The Son of His Mother by Viebig, Clara