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Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - vestry

 
 

Vestry

vestry
n. (pl. -ies) 1 a room or building attached to a church for keeping vestments in. 2 hist. a a meeting of parishioners usu. in a vestry for parochial business. b a body of parishioners meeting in this way. Derivatives vestral adj. Etymology: ME f. OF vestiaire, vestiarie, f. L vestiarium (as VEST)
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  noun (plural vestries) Etymology: Middle English vestrie, probably from Anglo-French *vesterie, alteration of Middle French vestiarie, from Medieval Latin vestiarium, from Latin, cupboard for storing clothes, from vestis garment; from its use as a robing room for the clergy Date: 14th century 1. sacristy, a room used for church meetings and classes, 2. the business meeting of an English parish, an elective body in an Episcopal parish composed of the rector and a group of elected parishioners administering the temporal affairs of the parish ...
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