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Topic: CHRISTIANITY

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: vestiarie, from Medieval Latin vestiarium, from Latin vestire; VEST2

vestry

 noun
     
ves‧try plural vestries [countable]
RRC a small room in a church where a priest puts on his or her vestments and where holy plates, cups etc are kept
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