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vestry::noun | Spocien Dictionary
in the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church
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| Type of | committee, commission |
Examples of vestry
vestry
Bed with a hot-water bottle in a tiny apartment converted from a church vestry.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Candy Akins is a member of the vestry, a group of lay leaders, at Holy Trinity.
From the tennessean.com
An interim vestry of seven was appointed and Bollinger was named senior warden.
From the chron.com
She was a vestry member and volunteer at All Saints Episcopal Church in Sacramento.
From the sacbee.com
Today, the church consists of a chancel, nave, north porch, and south vestry.
From the en.wikipedia.org
She serves on the vestry there, several committees and the hand bell choir.
From the chron.com
On Nov. 18, 1735, Capt. Augustine Washington became a member of the Truro parish vestry.
From the washingtontimes.com
Haas is a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, where he has been a member of the vestry.
From the al.com
Political life at Washington is like political life in a suburban vestry.
From the theatlantic.com
- In the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church
- A room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held
- A vestry is a room in or attached to a church or synagogue in which the vestments, vessels, records, etc., are kept - see sacristy, and in which the clergy and choir robe or don their vestments for divine service.
- A room for the storage of sacred vessels, liturgical books and priestly vestments; and where the clergy don their cermonial attire; also known as a sacristy
- The church board or leadership body of an Episcopal parish.
- The vestry consisted of the custos, two or more of the local magistrates, ten vestrymen (landowners), and the rector of the Anglican church. The vestrymen were elected annually by the freeholders. The vestrymen in turn appointed all the parochial officers at their first meeting. ...
- Governing board of a local Episcopal church consisting of lay members, much like the board of deacons in a Baptist church; the group that usually makes basic decisions about church budget, building plans, etc. ...
- The governing body of a parish. Its name derived from the room in a church building in which it usually met, which in turn came from its function as a room where the priest put on his vestments. ...
- A meeting of the members of the parish. Also refers to a room in the Church, where ministers vest, and often offical records (vestry books) are kept.
