- vestry room
- noun
see vestry 1
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vestry room,a room forming the vestry of a church.
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vestry-room — vesˈtry room noun 1. A vestry 2. The meeting place of a vestry • • • Main Entry: ↑vestry … Useful english dictionary
Vestry school — Vestry School, formally the St. John s Vestry A. I. Higher secondary School, was founded in 1763 in Trichairalli, India.HistoryWhen this school was started on 1763 by the British, it was first held inside the vestry room of St. John s church. (A… … Wikipedia
vestry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. vestiary, sacristy; chapel. See council. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. church room, vestry room, robing room; see sacristy … English dictionary for students
vestry — n. Sacristy, vestry room … New dictionary of synonyms
Vestry — Ves try, n.; pl. {Vestries}. [OE. vestrye, F. vestiaire, L. vestiarium, fr. vestiarius belonging to clothes, fr. vestis a garment. See {Vest}, n., and cf. {Vestiary}.] 1. A room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal vestments and sacred… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Vestry board — Vestry Ves try, n.; pl. {Vestries}. [OE. vestrye, F. vestiaire, L. vestiarium, fr. vestiarius belonging to clothes, fr. vestis a garment. See {Vest}, n., and cf. {Vestiary}.] 1. A room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal vestments and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Vestry clerk — Vestry Ves try, n.; pl. {Vestries}. [OE. vestrye, F. vestiaire, L. vestiarium, fr. vestiarius belonging to clothes, fr. vestis a garment. See {Vest}, n., and cf. {Vestiary}.] 1. A room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal vestments and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Vestry meeting — Vestry Ves try, n.; pl. {Vestries}. [OE. vestrye, F. vestiaire, L. vestiarium, fr. vestiarius belonging to clothes, fr. vestis a garment. See {Vest}, n., and cf. {Vestiary}.] 1. A room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal vestments and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
vestry — [ves′trē] n. pl. vestries [ME vestrie < OFr vestiarie < L vestiarium, wardrobe < vestis, garment: see VEST] 1. a room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and the sacred vessels are kept; sacristy 2. a room in a church or… … English World dictionary
vestry — (n.) late 14c., probably from Anglo Fr. *vesterie, from O.Fr. vestiaire room for vestments, from L. vestarium wardrobe, noun use of neuter of vestiarius (adj.) of clothes, from vestis garment (see VEST (Cf. vest) (v.)) … Etymology dictionary
