Vestryman vs Vestry - What's the difference?
vestryman | vestry |
A room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored; also used for meetings and classes; a sacristy.
A committee of parishioners elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish.
An assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; so called because usually held in a vestry.
Vestryman is a see also of vestry.
As nouns the difference between vestryman and vestry
is that vestryman is a member of a parochial vestry while vestry is a room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored; also used for meetings and classes; a sacristy.vestry
English
Noun
(vestries)- The choirboys change into their cassocks in the vestry .
- The vestry meets on the first Tuesday of every month.