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n. - A male who is a member of a body of persons entrusted with the administration of the temporal affairs of a parish in the Church of England or in the Protestant Episcopal Church

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  • He has long been the leading vestryman at St. Jude's.
  • He was a confident communicant of his faith, and a vestryman.
  • He was an ardent Episcopalian and a vestryman in old Trinity Parish.
  • The new head vestryman, Ralph Hiram, was in charge of parish business.
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