Vestry
a room adjoining a church where the vestments of the clergy are kept ept. Hence the place of meeting of those having the charge of parochial selves to whom these affairs are in- In England, the minister, trusted. church wardens, and chief men of a the minister, whether rector, vicar, or The powers of the vestry include the expenditure of the parish funds, the repairing or alteration of churches or chapels, and the appointing of certain parish officers. In London the vestries VESUVIUS are highly important bodies. In the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States a committee is chosen annually by the parish, who, in conjunction with the church wardens, manage its temporal concerns.