Bible dictionaries
Vestry
What Bible dictionaries say about “Vestry”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Vestry - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
VEST'RY, n. [L. vestiarium.]
1. A room appendant to a church, in which the sacerdotal vestments, in which the sacerdotal vestments and sacred utensils are kept, and where parochial meetings are held.
2. A parochial assembly, so called because held in the vestry.
The council are chosen by the vestry.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
ves'-tri (meltachah): Once, in 2Ki 10:22, as a place for vestments.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915