vestry 的定义
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.
vestry 近义词
等同于 chapel
更多vestry例句
- 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.