Vestry

ves′tri, n. a room adjoining a church in which the vestments are kept and parochial meetings held, any small room attached to a church: in English parishes, a meeting of the ratepayers to elect parish officers, to a e church-rates, and to manage the property of the parish, the incumbent acting as chairman.— adj. Ves′tral .— ns. Ves′try-clerk , an officer chosen by the vestry who keeps the parish accounts and books; Ves′tryman , a member of a vestry.— Select vestry , a board consisting of representatives of the ratepayers, as opposed to the common vestry or a embly of all the ratepayers. [Fr.,—L. vestiarium — vestiarius , belonging to clothes— vest is , a garment.]