noun a body, composed of wardens and vestrymen, chosen annually by a parish to manage its temporal concerns.
2. vestry ·noun a parochial assembly; an assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs;
so called because usually held in a vestry.
3. vestry ·noun a room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal vestments and sacred utensils are sometimes kept, and where meetings for worship or parish business are held; a sacristy;
formerly called revestiary.