vestry/ˈvɛstɹi/EtymologyFrom Anglo-Norman vesterie, from Old French vestiaire (“room for vestments, dressing room”), from Latin vestiarium (“wardrobe”). Doublet of vestiary.nounA room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored; also used for meetings and classes.“The choirboys change into their cassocks in the vestry.”An assembly of persons (ad hoc or recurrent) who manage parochial affairs; so called because usually held in a vestry.A committee of parishioners elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish.“Near-synonyms: parochial church council, PCC, parish council (ecclesiastical sense, uncommon)”