vestry
room where the clergy and choir dress and the vestments are kept.
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Vestry
A small room, attached to a church, in which vestments are kept and in which the clergy and choir robe themselves.
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VESTRY A room attached to a church, where the clergy and choir robe in religious garments.
VOUSSOIR Wedge-shaped stones or bricks in an arch; the centre one is the keystone.
Vestry
1) A room in a church where the ministers changed into their vestments, which were sometimes also stored there, especially in smaller churches.
2) A group of parishioners who oversaw the secular functions of the parish.
VESTRY A room in, or attached to, a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these robes and other sacred objects are stored; synonymous with a sacristy.
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- Roof consisting of a series of rafters and arch braces set closely together to give the appearance of a wagon or vaulted roof.
Vestry. - Room where the clergy and choir dress and the vestments are kept.
vestry Room in a church where the clergy and choir dress and the vestments are kept. westwork (German: westwerk). Wide entrance area at the west end of a church, usually with an upper chamber and at least one tower.
VESTRY: a room attached to a church, in which vestments are kept. VOLUTE: a projecting moulding like a scroll, most often found on a capital. VOUSSOIR: one of the wedge-shaped stones of which an arch is constructed.
 See also: Vault, Frame, Choir, Architecture, Ornament
  
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