Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An officer chosen by the vestry, who keeps the parish accounts and books.
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Examples
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I had employed all my stock, and even engaged my credit, to procure a large assortment of goods for the Lammas market; but, having given my vote in the election of a vestry-clerk, contrary to the interest of Justice
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What you observe of the vestry-clerk deserves consideration. —
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He was the solicitor in those days, sir, who had the appointment of vestry-clerk to this church.
The Woman in White 2003
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Every parish church, you know, has a vestry-clerk and a parish-clerk.
The Woman in White 2003
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We opened the little gate that led to a large stone crucifix in front of the chapel, and found the vestry-clerk and a boy ministrant waiting for us in the entry.
Dr. Dumany's Wife M��r J��kai 1864
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I am not quite sure that I know what a vestry-clerk is. '
The Woman in White 1860
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` You said just now he was vestry-clerk, like his father before him.
The Woman in White 1860
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He's vestry-clerk here now as his father was before him.
The Woman in White 1860
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Every parish church, you know, has a vestry-clerk and a parishclerk.
The Woman in White 1860
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The vestry-clerk is a sort of an appointment that the lawyers get, and if there's any business to be done for the vestry, why there they are to do it.
The Woman in White 1860
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