■ noun ( plural vestries )
1》 a room in or attached to a church, used as an office and for changing into ceremonial vestments.
2》 a meeting of parishioners, originally in a ~, for parochial business.
Derivatives
~man noun ( plural ~men ).
Origin
ME: prob. from an Anglo-Norman Fr. alt. of OFr. vestiarie , from L. vestiarium .