Definition of Vestryman. Meaning of Vestryman. Synonyms of Vestryman

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Definition of Vestryman

Vestryman
Vestryman Ves"try*man, n.; pl. Vestrymen. A member of a vestry; especially (Prot. Epis. Ch.), a member other than a warden. See Vestry.

Meaning of Vestryman from wikipedia

- A vestryman is a member of his local church's vestry, or leading body. He is not a member of the clergy. In England especially, but also in other parts...
- Joseph Ball (May 2, 1649 – July 11, 1711) was an English-born justice, vestryman, lieutenant colonel, and Burgess in the Colony of Virginia. Ball was the...
- devoted member of the Anglican Church. He served more than 20 years as a vestryman and churchwarden at Fairfax Parish and Truro Parish in Virginia. He privately...
- dramatist. In 1897 he was persuaded to fill an uncontested vacancy for a "vestryman" (parish councillor) in London's St Pancras district. At least initially...
- affairs of the local St. John's Parish Church, for which he became a vestryman and then a churchwarden. Ferdinand constructed a great mansion called...
- than 8,500 acres (34 km2) of land. Washington's first public office was vestryman of the local Appomattox Parish church in 1661 (although the parish would...
- estate, the only child of Joseph Ball (1649–1711), an English justice, vestryman, lieutenant colonel and burgess in the Colony of Virginia, and Mary Johnson...
- John Pulling Jr was an American captain, vestryman and Patriot who, along with Robert Newman, signaled Paul Revere from the Old North Church in Boston...
- St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square, where John Tayloe III served as organizer, trustee, and vestryman...
- auctioneer, and one of the richest men in New York. He worked as well as a vestryman and churchwarden for Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan. He is the namesake...