vestry (An elective body in an Episcopal parish composed of the rector and a group of elected parishioners administering the temporal affairs of the parish)

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• vestry — 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… …   New Collegiate Dictionary