vestry
/ves-tree/US // ˈvɛs tri //UK // (ˈvɛstrɪ) //
议事厅,议事会,壁橱,壁炉
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n.名词 noun
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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.
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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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