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

He was a vestryman and Christian education teacher at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Washington.

From Washington Post

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

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

He was a vestryman and contributed to the church throughout his life, according to the Washington Papers project.

From Washington Times