English → Latin
“vestry” in Latin
sacrāriumA place where sacred objects are kept; sacrarium, sacristy, sanctuary, shrine.; A secret place (for private documents anvestiāriusperson taking care of a vestiarium – cloakroom in monastery; cloth merchant; tailorconciliuma council; a meeting
The English word vestry itself goes back to Latin vestis, through vestiarium.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
vestry
A room attached to a church, sacrarium (a place where sacred things are kept): vestiarium (a room where clothes are kept).
A parish meeting held in the said room, *concilium paroeciae. To call a vestry meeting, *concilium paroeciae convocare: to hold a vestry meeting, concilium (etc.) habere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for vestry?
- The usual Latin words for “vestry” are sacrārium, vestiārius, concilium. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.