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vestry 1. a room in or attached to a church in which vestments, sacred vessels, etc., are kept 2. a room in or attached to some churches, used for Sunday school, meetings, etc. 3. Church of England a. a meeting of all the members of a parish or their representatives, to transact the official business of the parish b. the body of members meeting for this; the parish council 4. Episcopalian (US) and Anglican (Canadian) Churches a committee of vestrymen chosen by the congregation to manage the temporal affairs of their church How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I stopped him on our way out to take advantage of my uncle's advice; in other words, to see how I looked in the glass over the vestry fireplace. Schemes have indeed been laid in the vestry which would hardly disgrace the conclave. He was a very good old fellow, in his familiar way; and having stirred the vestry fire, he looked round the shelves of registers for a particular volume. |
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