vestry - use in sentences

Preposition: on

  • north: The modern church consists of a chancel, organ chamber and vestry on the north, nave, and north aisle.
  • side: There is also a vestry on the south side of the chancel.

Converse of subject

  • appoint: Other officers appointed by the vestry included a common driver, ( fn.

Adjective modifier

  • north: Parts of the chancel walls are of 13th century date, and the north vestry is of the 14th century.
  • select: A proposal to create a select vestry in 1822 was easily defeated.
  • annual: The Annual Vestry Meeting is the equivalent of the Annual General Meeting of the Parish.
  • south: The join in the masonry is visible above the south vestry.
  • modern: An unusual modern vestry adjoins the 19th century chancel.

Modifies a noun

  • min: Hampstead, 208; Farmer, Hampstead Heath, 54; vestry mins.
  • clerk: From 1799 to 1827 the vestry clerk was William Masters, who was succeeded by John Masters, probably his son.
  • door: The choir vestry door on a sunny August day in 1999.
  • minute: Latimer cites an amusing article from the vestry minutes of 30th December 1743.
  • roof: Nave and north aisle roof lines higher than the chancel and vestry roof lines.
  • hall: A police station with vestry hall above was erected on the site.

Noun used with modifier

  • choir: The choir vestry door on a sunny August day in 1999.
  • clergy: Space was made for a Lady Chapel in the area between the iron gates on the South side of the church the clergy vestry.
  • parish: Many farmers either gave tacit support to their workmen, or urged the parish vestry to improve the levels of poor relief.
  • north: The north vestry was erected at the same time.
  • church: Facilities There is a toilet in the church vestry, key available from the Tower Captain.

Preposition: of

  • parish: The vestry of the parish of Marylebone have erected a large public mortuary in the burial ground at Paddington.

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