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VESTRY CLERK

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Rapalje & Lawrence • 1883
- An officer appointed to attend vestries, and take an account of their proceedings, &c. 1 Steph. Com. (7 edit.) 122 п.; 2 Id. 699 n.; and 13 and 14 Vict. c. 57 ss. 6-8. VESTRYMEN.-A select number of parishioners elected in large and populous parishes to take care of the concerns of the parish, so called because they used ordinarily to meet in the vestry of the church. Cowell.
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Wiktionary (English) • 2026
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An officer chosen by the vestry who keeps the parish accounts and books.

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