vestries

Though maintaining liturgical practice as the core of worship, the denomination affords a significant amount of autonomy to individual congregations, which hire their own priests and are governed by lay committees called vestries.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

Kaysersberg; finally, in one of the vestries is the epitaph, in german verses, of the celebrated printer John Mentelin of

Historical Sketch of the Cathedral of Strasburg Anonymous

I go, I go, into the vestries of the landfall and the oddity yellow dingy restricted cables of the landfall.

Parajanov Contra Zizek (oder selbst proclaimed Brechtian Beast Z vs aSublime moving picture for magnitude of efficacy.) 2010

The vestries were indiscriminately distributing bread sent us by the French government.

The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009

First, I feel that you should know that I am by no means an expert on Canon Law, and my observations about vestries and their prerogatives come more from my experience than my the study of Canons.

Remaining Episcopalians? Fr Timothy Matkin 2008

First, I feel that you should know that I am by no means an expert on Canon Law, and my observations about vestries and their prerogatives come more from my experience than my the study of Canons.

Archive 2008-02-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2008

I daresay they have also read reports of certain vestries.

Speeches: Literary and Social 2007

The aim of the scheme is to return the cathedral to how it was hundreds of years ago and the application is for a two-storey hostry extension to provide an entrance hall, education room, community room, song school, music library, vestries, chair store and toilets.

Norwich Cathedral 2007

The aim of the scheme is to return the cathedral to how it was hundreds of years ago and the application is for a two-storey hostry extension to provide an entrance hall, education room, community room, song school, music library, vestries, chair store and toilets.

Archive 2007-01-01 2007

By dint of constant repetition, however, these constitutional sights had very little more interest for me than so many parochial vestries; and I was glad to exchange this one for a lounge in a well-arranged public library of some ten thousand volumes, and a visit to a tobacco manufactory, where the workmen are all slaves.

American Notes for General Circulation 2007