vestryman
noun
a member of a church vestry.
vestrymen
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pluralof vestryman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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.
From Washington Post ● May 12, 2017
By 1932, after Dr. Cowles had treated several thousand patients in St. Mark's, the vestrymen told Dr. Cowles to clear out.
From Time Magazine Archive
Later in the service the President's rector read a resolution of thanks to the King, signed by Senior Warden Roosevelt and the other vestrymen.
From Time Magazine Archive
As middle-class neighborhoods decayed into slums, vestrymen and clergy often gave up, sold their empty churches to Pentecostal sects or parking lot operators.
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
