Main Entry: ves·try

Pronunciation: \ˈves-trē\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural vestries

Etymology: Middle English vestrie, probably from Anglo-French *vesterie, alteration of Middle French vestiarie, from Medieval Latin vestiarium, from Latin, cupboard for storing clothes, from vestis garment; from its use as a robing room for the clergy

Date: 14th century

1 a : sacristy b : a room used for church meetings and classes
2 a : the business meeting of an English parish b : an elective body in an Episcopal parish composed of the rector and a group of elected parishioners administering the temporal affairs of the parish