vestryman
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vestrymen
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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
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
He was a former vestryman at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Washington.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2016
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
He was the patron, the congregation, the curator, the vestryman, the supporter; he filled every office; he was everything.
From Black Diamonds by Mór Jókai
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.
From Washington Post ● May 12, 2017
At last, the vestrymen decided to do something about the Melishes.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ten vestrymen met thrice, finally voted 8-to-2.
From Time Magazine Archive
They have held up to their staid vestrymen brothers the case of "Golden Rule" Nash, as a glittering example of what may be done.
From Time Magazine Archive
But when Dr. Tucker and Mrs. Tucker and eight little Tuckers, some on foot and some in baby carriages, arrived, the vestrymen regretted this oversight.
From Dandelion Cottage by Carroll Watson Rankin
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