First Known Use: 14th century
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vestry
noun ves·try \ˈves-trē\
: a small room in a church where a priest dresses for the services and where holy items used during services are kept
plural vestries
Full Definition of VESTRY
1
a : sacristy b : a room used for church meetings and classes
2
a : the business meeting of an English parish b : an elective body in an Episcopal parish composed of the rector and a group of elected parishioners administering the temporal affairs of the parish
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Origin of VESTRY
Middle English vestrie, probably from Anglo-French *vesterie, alteration of Middle French vestiarie, from Medieval Latin vestiarium, from Latin, cupboard for storing clothes, from vestis garment; from its use as a robing room for the clergy
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