n. pl. ves·tries 1. A room in or attached to a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these robes and other sacred objects are stored; a sacristy. 2. A room in a church used for meetings and classes. 3. A committee of members elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish. 4. A business meeting of parishioners in a parish. [Middle English vestrie, probably from Anglo-Norman *vesterie, alteration of Old French vestiarie; see VESTIARY.] |
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