transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈves-trē ]
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.
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