Definition of: vestry

(ves′trē) noun pl ·tries
1. A room where vestments are put on or kept.
2. A room for altar linens, sacred vessels, etc., attached to a church and often called a sacristy.
3. A room in a church used for Sunday school, meetings, as a chapel, etc.
4. In the Anglican church: a A body administering the affairs of a parish or congregation; also, a meeting of such a body. b In English parishes, a business meeting of all the parishioners or their representatives.
5. A place of meeting for the parish vestry; a vestry hall. [<AF vestrie, OF vestiarie <Med. L vestiarium a wardrobe <L vestis a garment]