[ves.try] n, pl vestries [ME vestrie, prob. modif. of MF vestiarie, fr. ML vestiarium, fr. L vestire; fr. its use as a robing room for the clergy] (14c) 1 a: sacristy b: a room used for church meetings and classes
2. a: the business meeting of an English parish b: an elective body in an Episcopal parish composed of the rector and a group of elected parishioners administering the temporal affairs of the parish