vestry
/ˈvɛstɹi/noun
vestry is spelled V-E-S-T-R-Y: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, vestry means “A room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored; also used for meetings and classes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of vestry is vestries.
How many letters and syllables are in vestry?
| Letters | 6: V-E-S-T-R-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 40,267th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is vestry?
Vestry appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce vestry?
- /ˈvɛstɹi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-vestry.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of vestry
- vestries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does vestry mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A 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.
- 2
An assembly of persons (ad hoc or recurrent) who manage parochial affairs; so called because usually held in a vestry.
- 3
A committee of parishioners elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish.
Near-synonyms: parochial church council, PCC, parish council (ecclesiastical sense, uncommon)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Vestry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense room in a church:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does vestry come from?
From Anglo-Norman vesterie, from Old French vestiaire (“room for vestments, dressing room”), from Latin vestiarium (“wardrobe”). Doublet of vestiary.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).