# vestry

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈvɛstɹi/ · frequency rank #40,506

## Definitions
1. A room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored; also used for meetings and classes.
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.

## Etymology
From Anglo-Norman vesterie, from Old French vestiaire (“room for vestments, dressing room”), from Latin vestiarium (“wardrobe”). Doublet of vestiary.

## Easily confused with
- **very** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/very-vs-vestry)
- **vest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vest-vs-vestry)
- **Vesta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vesta-vs-vestry)
- **vastly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vastly-vs-vestry)
- **vested** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vested-vs-vestry)

## Common misspellings (10)
`evstry`, `vesrty`, `vesstry`, `vestrry`, `vestryy`, `vesttry`, `vestyr`, `vetsry`, `vsetry`, `vvestry`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/vestry