vestry

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

vestries

1.
A 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.
Đồng nghĩa: vestiary, sacristy
2.
An assembly of persons (ad hoc or recurrent) who manage parochial affairs; so called because usually held in a vestry.
3.
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.
Đồng nghĩa: parochial church council, PCC, parish council

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

vestiary sacristyparochial church councilPCCparish council

Cùng gốc / liên quan

born in the vestryvestrydom vestryismselect vestryvestry clerkvestryman vestibule vestibulum vesturechurchwarden

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Nguồn gốc từ

From xno vesterie, from fro vestiaire, from la vestiarium wardrobe. vestiary.