vestry
A room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are storedA room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored; also used for meetings and classes.
Meaning
3 sensesA room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored; also used for meetings and classes.
The choirboys change into their cassocks in the vestry.
Sakristei
ри́зницаríznica, сакристияsakristija
a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held
An assembly of persons (ad hoc or recurrent) who manage parochial affairs; so called because usually held in a vestry.
A committee of parishioners elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish.
Near-synonyms: parochial church council, PCC, parish council (ecclesiastical sense, uncommon)
The vestry meets on the first Tuesday of every month.
приходское управле́ниеprixodskoje upravlénije
in the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church
Translations
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Origin
From Anglo-Norman vesterie, from Old French vestiaire (“room for vestments, dressing room”From Anglo-Norman vesterie, from Old French vestiaire (“room for vestments, dressing room”), from Latin vestiarium (“wardrobe”). Doublet of vestiary.
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Forms
plural: vestriesSynonyms
5 synonyms- a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held:sacristy