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Recent Examples of vestryDenise Day, a St. James parish member, said Dr. Griffin was appointed as the church’s first female senior warden of the vestry, the highest lay position.—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2022 Since then, the vestry at St. Mark’s — a board of directors with 12 members who represent the political spectrum, Shumard said — voted unanimously to form a committee to explore hosting a family and take training through Episcopal Migration Ministries.—Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2021 Lee was a member of the vestry at the church.—Fox News, 13 June 2020 The committee’s recommended deal with Crow got a thumbs-up from the church’s governing vestry.—Dallas News, 25 Jan. 2022 See All Example Sentences for vestry
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sacristy
Noun
Official documents are filled out, and the new pope is taken into a sacristy, to be fitted with papal attire.
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Daniel Burke,
NPR,
6 May 2025
Flynn says Donald was found drinking altar wine in the sacristy, but Aloysius is sure Flynn gave it to him.
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