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VESTRY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are heldplay

Synonyms:

sacristy; vestry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("vestry" is a kind of...):

room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)

Holonyms ("vestry" is a part of...):

church; church building (a place for public (especially Christian) worship)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the churchplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("vestry" is a kind of...):

commission; committee (a special group delegated to consider some matter)

Meronyms (members of "vestry"):

vestryman (a man who is a member of a church vestry)

vestrywoman (a woman who is a member of a church vestry)

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