vestries
Clergy dressing rooms
Vestries is the plural of vestry, a room in a church where clergy put on their robes and where sacred objects are stored.
By extension, a vestry is also a committee of church members who manage parish affairs—the administrative body of an Anglican or Episcopal congregation: The vestries voted to approve the new budget.
Elected local governance tier
- churchwardensLay parish administrators
- trusteesThose holding assets for others
- eldersSenior community members
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
oversight · administration · authority · jurisdiction · election · accountability · bylaws · management
Liturgical white robe
- chasubleLiturgical overgarment for clergy
- stoleTook without permission
- cassockFull-length clerical garment
- surpliceWhite ecclesiastical overgarment
cope · cincture · clerical · liturgical · canonicals · ecclesiastical · ceremonial dress
Formal discussion list
- minutesSixty-second intervals
- quorumMinimum for valid proceedings
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
- motionChange in position
chairperson · convene · adjournment · resolution · bylaws · election · vote · proceedings
Church storage and preparation room
- anteroomChamber preceding main space
- chancelAltar-adjacent clergy space
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- parish hallChurch community gathering space
meeting room · nave · chapel · apse · transept · vestibule · rectory · church hall
parish council
Elected local governance tier
- churchwardensLay parish administrators
- trusteesThose holding assets for others
- eldersSenior community members
stewardship · oversight · administration · authority · jurisdiction · election · accountability · bylaws · management · committee
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Liturgical white robe
- chasubleLiturgical overgarment for clergy
- stoleTook without permission
- cassockFull-length clerical garment
surplice · cope · cincture · clerical · liturgical · canonicals · ecclesiastical · ceremonial dress
agenda
Formal discussion list
- minutesSixty-second intervals
- quorumMinimum for valid proceedings
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
motion · chairperson · convene · adjournment · resolution · bylaws · election · vote · proceedings · assembly
sacristy
Church storage and preparation room
- anteroomChamber preceding main space
- chancelAltar-adjacent clergy space
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
parish hall · meeting room · nave · chapel · apse · transept · vestibule · rectory · church hall · annex
- churchnave, pew, pews, altar, altars
- church architecturealtar, altars, nave, naves, aisle
- church groupssmall group, small groups, congregations, cell group, parishes
- British ChristianityChurch of England, Methodism, Methodists, Anglicanism, dissenters
- church-statechurch-state, separation, church-state separation, establishment clause, religious accommodation
- English historyNorman Conquest, Domesday Book, Magna Carta, King Alfred, Henry VIII
vestriesclergy
Ordained religious officials collectively
episcopate · diocese · bishopric · synod · congregation
invest, investment, investor, invested, investing, travesty, divest, reinvest, investiture