Examples of 'vestry' in a sentence
Meaning of "vestry"
vestry (noun): A room or building in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where sacred vessels and other objects are kept
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- A room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored; also used for meetings and classes; a sacristy.
- A committee of parishioners elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish.
- An assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; so called because usually held in a vestry.
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The vestry has been converted into a chapel.
It included a new vestry and organ chamber.
The vestry door is on the north side.
I was working on it in the vestry the night he died.
A new vestry was built at the same time.
I have got some champagne in the vestry.
The chancel and vestry are later additions.
There is a fire exit through the vestry.
In front of the vestry is an octagonal timber pulpit.
In all there are nine slabs in the vestry.
The vestry was originally the chantry chapel.
There are casements in the chancel and vestry.
A long vestry block projects to the north.
The design shop was housed in the vestry.
We were still in the vestry putting the music away.
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At the base of the tower is a small vestry.
The vestry walls are covered by azulejos.
The aristocratic dominance of the vestry declined.
The vestry and the tower are in red brick.
For twenty years he was a member of its vestry.
The vestry has an embattled parapet.
Adjacent to the sanctuary is the vestry or sacristy.
The vestry is at the west end of the nave.
On the north side of the chancel is a vestry.
The former vestry is now a hall.
Perhaps the exit from the vestry.
The vestry is on the southern side.
He is said to have painted from the vestry.
The original vestry is now a chapel.
His portrait hangs in the vestry today.
A vestry has also been added.
Refreshments are served in the vestry after worship.
A spacious vestry was provided immediately behind the altar.
Just in time or born in the vestry.
The porch and vestry have flat roofs.
The vestry is a critical part of our life together.
You said reorganise the vestry.
The choir vestry projects from the northwest.
I was making some notes in the vestry for tomorrow.
A small vestry may be found beside the apse.
I will put the donation box in the vestry.
There is a vestry on the north side.
The chancel has a south chapel and vestry.
A select vestry was created for the new parish.
The ground floor of the tower is used as a vestry.
The north vestry is a modern addition.
On the north side is an entrance porch and a vestry.
Few records of vestry government survive.
Inside is a plaque above the door to the vestry.
Over the old vestry door is a tablet to his memory.
