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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I'd thought there might be a bit of rope or some such in the vestry .
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Parish councils were set up in 1894 and superseded parish vestries, which had in turn supplanted manor courts.
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The body was later taken into the vestry where it and the venerable head were washed and carefully dried.
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The plans were to include a vestry , church parlour, toilets and classrooms and the estimated cost was placed at £15,000.
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They walked to the vestry to disrobe, and finally dispersed quietly.
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What could the vestry do, after all?
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When the Mass was finished he followed the priest into the vestry .