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VESTRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held
Synonyms:
sacristy; vestry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("vestry" is a kind of...):
room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)
Holonyms ("vestry" is a part of...):
church; church building (a place for public (especially Christian) worship)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("vestry" is a kind of...):
commission; committee (a special group delegated to consider some matter)
Meronyms (members of "vestry"):
vestryman (a man who is a member of a church vestry)
vestrywoman (a woman who is a member of a church vestry)
