VESTRY

noun (plural vestries) Etymology: Middle English vestrie, probably from Anglo-French *vesterie, alteration of Middle French vestiarie, from Medieval Latin vestiarium, from Latin, cupboard for storing clothes, from vestis garment; from its use as a robing room for the clergy Date: 14th century 1. sacristy , a room used for church meetings and classes, 2. the business meeting of an English parish, an elective body in an Episcopal parish composed of the rector and a group of elected parishioners administering the temporal affairs of the parish