vestry

n. 法衣圣器储藏室, 祈祷室, 教区委员会 [法] 教堂法衣室

发音

其它 /ˈvɛstɹi/

词形变化

vestries 复数 vestries

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored; also used for meetings and classes.

    The choirboys change into their cassocks in the vestry.

  2. 2.

    An assembly of persons (ad hoc or recurrent) who manage parochial affairs; so called because usually held in a vestry.

  3. 3.

    A committee of parishioners elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish.

    Near-synonyms: parochial church council, PCC, parish council (ecclesiastical sense, uncommon)

    The vestry meets on the first Tuesday of every month.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

sacristy

上位词 3

room committee commission

部分词 2

vestryman vestrywoman

整体词 1

church

相关短语

vestry clerk vestry clerks select vestry born in the vestry

词源

From Anglo-Norman vesterie, from Old French vestiaire (“room for vestments, dressing room”), from Latin vestiarium (“wardrobe”). Doublet of vestiary.

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