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Definition of Vestry board

Vestry board
Vestry Ves"try, n.; pl. Vestries. [OE. vestrye, F. vestiaire, L. vestiarium, fr. vestiarius belonging to clothes, fr. vestis a garment. See Vest, n., and cf. Vestiary.] 1. 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. He said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshipers of Baal. --2 Kings x. 22. 2. (Ch. of Eng.) A parochial assembly; an assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; -- so called because usually held in a vestry. 3. (Prot. Epis. Ch.) A body, composed of wardens and vestrymen, chosen annually by a parish to manage its temporal concerns. Metropolitan vestry, in the city of London, and certain specified parishes and places in England, a body composed of householders who pay poor rates. Its duties include the repair of churches, care of highways, the appointment of certain officers, etc. Select vestry, a select number of persons chosen in large and populous English parishes to represent and manage the concerns of the parish for one year. --Mozley & W. Vestry board (Ch. of Eng.), a vestry. See def. 2, above. Vestry clerk, an officer chosen by the vestry, who keeps a record of its proceedings; also, in England, one who keeps the parish accounts and books. Vestry meeting, the meeting of a vestry or vestry board; also, a meeting of a parish held in a vestry or other place.

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- met in the vestry or sacristy of the parish church, and consequently became known colloquially as the "vestry". At their height, the vestries were the only...
- of Roman and Etruscan sculptures and urns, now in the Museum of the vestry board. The sarcophagi were initially all around the cathedral, often attached...
- when the London Borough of Southwark was created. In the late 1850s the Vestry Board of St Mary, Newington met in the Infant School Room in Queen's Head Row...
- "above Bars" (outside the city's jurisdiction) was organised by the vestry board of the parish of St Andrew. As well as Holborn's two main civil parishes...
- served on the vestry (board of directors for an Episcopal parish) of Christ Church Cathedral in Cincinnati for decades. He served as a vestry member from...
- tier of local government consisting of parish vestries and district boards of works. The Metropolitan Board of Works was the forerunner of the London County...
- of the market hall which ultimately led to its closure in 1862, the vestry board decided to demolish the old building and to procure a new town hall....
- governed by an administrative vestry. The parish was included in the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan Board of Works in 1855 and became part...
- Grade II listed building. In the mid-19th century, the vestry board decided to procure a vestry hall for the Parish of St. Leonard's; the site they selected...
- in 1894, this need for a permanent home became more pressing and the vestry board decided to procure purpose-built council offices in the High Street:...