vestry

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman vesterie, from Old French vestiaire (“room for vestments, dressing room”), from Latin vestiarium (“wardrobe”). Doublet of vestiary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛstɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

vestry (plural vestries)

1. A room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored; also used for meetings and classes; a sacristy.

   The choirboys change into their cassocks in the vestry.

   Synonyms: vestiary, sacristy

2. A committee of parishioners elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish.

   The vestry meets on the first Tuesday of every month.

3. An assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; so called because usually held in a vestry.

Derived terms

• born in the vestry
• select vestry
• vestry clerk
• vestrydom
• vestryism
• vestryman

 

Translations

room in a church

• Bulgarian: ри́зница f (ríznica)
• Dutch: sacristie (nl) f
• Finnish: sakaristo
• French: sacristie (fr) f
• Georgian: საცავი (sacavi), სალარო (საეკლესიო) (salaro (saeḳlesio))
• Greek: αποδυτήριο (el) n (apodytírio)
• Macedonian: ри́зница f (ríznica), сакри́стија f (sakrístija), ѓа́коник m (ǵákonik)
• Persian: رختکن (fa)
• Polish: zakrystia (pl) f
• Russian: ри́зница (ru) f (ríznica), сакристия (ru) f (sakristija)
• Scottish Gaelic: seòmar-culaidh m
• Swedish: sakristia (sv)

committee of parishioners

• Bulgarian: черковно настоятелство n (čerkovno nastojatelstvo)
• Finnish: kirkkoneuvosto
• Georgian: მრევლის კრება (mrevlis ḳreba)
• Macedonian: паро́хиска у́права f (paróhiska úprava)
• Maori: wēteri
• Russian: приходское управле́ние n (prixodskoje upravlénije)

See also

• churchwarden

Anagrams

• stryve