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) (file)

Noun

vestry (plural vestries)

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
A committee of parishioners elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish.
The vestry meets on the first Tuesday of every month.
An assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; so called because usually held in a vestry.

Derived terms

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)
Westrobothnian: sakersteg f

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)

Anagrams

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