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Categories: Church of Ireland, Church of England ecclesiastical polity, Local government in the United Kingdom, Types of Christian organization, Episcopal Church (United States)

vestry administrative vestry Open vestries open vestry parish chest

In the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church WordNet 3.0

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In the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A vestry was a committee for the local secular and ecclesiastical government of a parish in England, Wales and some English colonies, which originally met in the vestry or sacristy of the parish church, and consequently became known colloquially as the "vestry". Wikipedia

Parish committee Wikidata

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

Committee of parishioners. Wiktionary (translation)

The vestry meets on the first Tuesday of every month. Wiktionary

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