VESTRY


Meaning of VESTRY in English

n. (pl. -ies)

1. a room or building attached to a church for keeping vestments in.

2 hist. a a meeting of parishioners usu. in a vestry for parochial business. b a body of parishioners meeting in this way.

Derivatives:

vestral adj.

Etymology: ME f. OF vestiaire, vestiarie, f. L vestiarium (as VEST)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.