vestry : Idioms & Phrases
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.
Webster 1913
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.
Webster 1913
Vestry board
(Ch. of Eng.) , a vestry. See def. 2, above.
Webster 1913
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.
Webster 1913
Vestry meeting
- the meeting of a vestry or vestry board; also, a meeting of a parish held in a vestry or other place.