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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 1063 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VESTRY (O.- Fr. vestiaire,
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Lat. vestiarium, a
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wardrobe)  , a
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place or
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room adjoining a
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church, where the
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vestments of the
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minister are kept . Hence the name applied to an
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assembly of the parishioners, usually convened in the
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vestry, to transact the business of the
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parish . In populous parishes it obtains by
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custom in some, and by the " Adoptive " Vestries
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Act 1831 in others, to choose yearly a select number of parishioners, called a " select vestry," to
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manage the concerns of the parish .

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