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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

vestry

/ves-tree/US // ˈvɛs tri //UK // (ˈvɛstrɪ) //

议事厅,议事会,壁橱,壁炉

Related Words

sanctuary避难所,庇护所,圣地,圣所shrine祠堂,神庙,神社,神龛church教会,教堂,教室,教会的oratory雄辩家,雄辩,雄辩术,雄辩会tabernacle会堂,圣殿,会幕,帐幕bethel伯尔尼,伯特利,伯爵,伯尔尼特chantry礼拜堂,禅房,禅院,禅堂

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ves·tries.

    • : a room in or a building attached to a church, in which the vestments, and sometimes liturgical objects, are kept; sacristy.
    • : a room in or a building attached to a church, used as a chapel, for prayer meetings, for the Sunday school, etc.
    • : Episcopal Church. a committee elected by members of a congregation to serve with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church.
    • : Church of England. a meeting attended by all the parishioners or by a committee of parishioners during which the official business of the church is discussed.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
church教会,教堂,教室,教会的sanctuary避难所,庇护所,圣地,圣所shrine祠堂,神庙,神社,神龛bethel伯尔尼,伯特利,伯爵,伯尔尼特chantry礼拜堂,禅房,禅院,禅堂oratory雄辩家,雄辩,雄辩术,雄辩会tabernacle会堂,圣殿,会幕,帐幕

Examples

  • At Church of the Redeemer, Anderson helped to maintain the gardens and served as a volunteer on the vestry.

  • It was in the vestry where the choir was putting on its garments.

  • A number of the articles were used in the erection of Edgbaston Vestry Hall, where the curious may inspect them if so inclined.

  • In such ceremonies the wedding-party all meet in the vestry, and go to the altar together.

  • The vestry declined to compromise, and insisted on allowing tobacco as a non-dietetic indulgence.

  • When the Duc d'Anjou was gone, and had been followed by all the others, the three Guises entered the vestry.

  • I felt quite at home, as if I had been at some vestry-meeting, or some committee in the old country, when Elatreus got up.

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