vestryman

[ves-tree-muhn]

noun

plural

vestrymen 

1. a member of a church vestry.

vestryman

/ ˈvɛstrɪmən /

noun

1. a member of a church vestry

Word History and Origins

Origin of vestryman¹

First recorded in 1605–15; vestry + man

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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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.

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

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In the early 1850s, three vestrymen from Christ Church founded the chapel, where services were led by lay members and volunteer students from Virginia Theological Seminary.

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