vestry

noun3

1. •
   A room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored; also used for meetings and classes.

   • The choirboys change into their cassocks in the vestry.
2. •
   An assembly of persons (ad hoc or recurrent) who manage parochial affairs; so called because usually held in a vestry.
3. •
   A committee of parishioners elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish.

   • The vestry meets on the first Tuesday of every month.