vestryman
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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
The vestryman of the small village in the Venn felt somewhat surprised and embarrassed when such a fine lady and gentleman drove up to his house and wished to speak to him.
From The Son of His Mother by Viebig, Clara
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
His manner is dignified, yet easy; his administrative ability, his clean desk and smooth 15-minute-appointment schedule would do justice to the highest tycoon among his vestrymen.
From Time Magazine Archive
At last, the vestrymen decided to do something about the Melishes.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Holy Trinity's vestrymen have viewed young William's activities with a less approving eye.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was one of the first vestrymen of Trinity Church.
From Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents by Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin)
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