vestry
vestry is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal vestments and sacred utensils are sometimes kept, and where meetings for worship or parish business are held; a sacristy; -- formerly called revestiary. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
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- noun. A room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal vestments and sacred utensils are sometimes kept, and where meetings for worship or parish business are held; a sacristy; -- formerly called revestiary.
- noun. A parochial assembly; an assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; -- so called because usually held in a vestry.
- noun. A body, composed of wardens and vestrymen, chosen annually by a parish to manage its temporal concerns.
- noun. a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held
- noun. in the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church
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