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Recent Examples of vestry
My childhood was full of visits to musty vestries in Milwaukee and Memphis and Marseille, as my dad wrote traveler’s checks to various priests in his most formal handwriting.
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John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
The 36 unique rooms and suites (including six suites in a former vestry across a courtyard) form an opulent oasis in the rustic Umbrian countryside.
—Jason Horowitz, Town & Country, 16 June 2023
Denise 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
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John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
The 36 unique rooms and suites (including six suites in a former vestry across a courtyard) form an opulent oasis in the rustic Umbrian countryside.
—Jason Horowitz, Town & Country, 16 June 2023
Denise 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vestry
sacristy
Noun
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Private spaces include areas such as the pastor's office or the sacristy, a room where ritual objects are stored.—
Jason DeRose,
NPR,
13 July 2025
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Flynn says Donald was found drinking altar wine in the sacristy, but Aloysius is sure Flynn gave it to him.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
7 Mar. 2024
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“Vestry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vestry. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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