vestry

• "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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