Word: vestries
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ve
stries
Definition: Plural of vestry; in the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church
Morphemes:
Affix: vestry
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; so called because usually held in a vestry.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: vestiarium
Language: la
Decoded: vestiarium
Meaning: wardrobe
Affix: -ies
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural forms of nouns endings in consonant-y.