Synonyms for vestry
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Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Parish council — A committee of parishioners elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish
2. Sacristy — A room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored; also used for meetings…
Other
revestiary dated
Definitions
- n. 1
A room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored; also used for meetings and classes.
The choirboys change into their cassocks in the vestry.
- n. 2
A committee of parishioners elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish.
The vestry meets on the first Tuesday of every month.
Forms
- Plural
- vestries → sacristies, vestiaries, revestiaries…
By length
- 8 letters
- sacristy, vestiary
- 10 letters
- revestiary
In other languages
- Français
- sacristie