vestry
ves·try / ˈvestrē/ • n. (pl. -tries) a room or building attached to a church, used as an office and for changing into vestments. ∎ a meeting of parishioners, originally in a vestry, for the conduct of parochial business. ∎ a body of parishioners meeting in such a way.
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Vestry
in the Church of England, the body which administers the affairs of the church or parish, hence, the collective body of churchwardens, 1672.
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