vestryman

[ ves-tree-muhn ]

noun

, plural ves·try·men.

1. a member of a church vestry.

vestryman

/ ˈvɛstrɪmən /

noun

1. a member of a church vestry

Word History and Origins

Origin of vestryman¹

First recorded in 1605–15; vestry + man

Example Sentences

He was a vestryman and Christian education teacher at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Washington.

From Washington Post

In the years after the White House, Mr. Bush wrote his memoirs and divided his time between Houston and the family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine, where he was a vestryman of St. Ann’s Episcopal Church.

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At various points in his life, he was an architect, a builder, a planter, a farmer, a church vestryman, a court justice, a sheriff, a county official and an innkeeper.

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He was a vestryman and contributed to the church throughout his life, according to the Washington Papers project.

From Washington Times

In the early 1850s, three vestrymen from Christ Church founded the chapel, where services were led by lay members and volunteer students from Virginia Theological Seminary.

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