VESTRY


Meaning of VESTRY in English

/ ˈvestri; NAmE / noun

( pl. -ies ) a room in a church where a priest prepares for a service by putting on special clothes and where various objects used in worship are kept

SYN sacristy

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English : probably from an Anglo-Norman French alteration of Old French vestiarie , from Latin vestiarium .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.