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"Don's vestry was a rubber stamp," said Edward Brown, a vestry member from 2002 to 2004.— Gazette.com :
So it was that Canon Parkyn chafed at being kept waiting in the clergy-vestry, and greeted Mr Sharnall on his appearance with a certain tartness I wish you could be a little quicker when you are sent for.— The Nebuly Coat
Close to us now is a reminder of the old monastic days--the door which leads into an ancient chapel used by the brethren as a vestry, and in the floor before it is the grave of Abbot Litlington, to whom we have alluded before and of whom we shall speak again.— Westminster Abbey
The vestry which is raised above the level of the church floor is of the fifteenth century, and has on its gable the original gable cross Illustration: The Cathedral and Castle, from the North The Parish Church of #S. Giles# occupies a very elevated position at the north-east end of the city, and commands one of the finest views of the cathedral, castle, and city, which it is possible to obtain.— Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See
These were gathered together in baskets and conveyed to the vestry, and there locked up.— The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest

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