Vestry

·noun A body, composed of wardens and vestrymen, chosen annually by a parish to manage its temporal concerns.

II. Vestry ·noun A parochial assembly; an assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs;

— so called because usually held in a vestry.

III. Vestry ·noun A room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal vestments and sacred utensils are sometimes kept, and where meetings for worship or parish business are held; a sacristy;

— formerly called revestiary.