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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ves•try /ˈvɛstri/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -tries. - Religion, Architecturea room in, or a building attached to, a church, in which vestments and sometimes sacred objects are kept;
sacristy. - Religion, Architecturea room in, or a building attached to, a church, used as a chapel, for prayer meetings, for Sunday school, etc.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ves•try (ves′trē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tries. - Architecturea room in or a building attached to a church, in which the vestments, and sometimes liturgical objects, are kept;
sacristy. - Architecture(in some churches) a room in or a building attached to a church, used as a chapel, for prayer meetings, for the Sunday school, etc.
- [Episc. Ch.]a committee elected by members of a congregation to serve with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church.
- [Ch. of Eng.]a meeting attended by all the parishioners or by a committee of parishioners during which the official business of the church is discussed.
- Middle English vestrie, vestrye. See vest (verb, verbal), -ery 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vestry /ˈvɛstrɪ/ n ( pl -tries)- a room in or attached to a church in which vestments, sacred vessels, etc, are kept
- a room in or attached to some churches, used for Sunday school, meetings, etc
- a meeting of all the members of a parish or their representatives, to transact the official business of the parish
- the body of members meeting for this; the parish council
Etymology: 14th Century: probably from Old French vestiarie; see vestˈvestral adj |