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Vestryman   Listen
noun
Vestryman  n.  (pl. vestrymen)  A member of a vestry; especially (Prot. Epis. Ch.), a member other than a warden. See Vestry.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Vestryman" Quotes from Famous Books



... Pentecost comes to us we are all lifted upon one grand common platform and shake hands and shout and weep and laugh and get so mixed up that a Presbyterian can not be distinguished from a Methodist, nor a Friend from an Episcopalian vestryman. ...
— The Heart-Cry of Jesus • Byron J. Rees

... in my resignation as vestryman or deacon, I will not say which, I met the Rev. Mr——, and the way he talked to me about the earth being the "Lord's and the fullness thereof;" about our having the poor always with us; about the duties of charity, and the laying up of treasure in heaven, made me ashamed to go to church ...
— Friends and Neighbors - or Two Ways of Living in the World • Anonymous



Words linked to "Vestryman" :   church officer, vestry



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