Definition of "vestry-clerk" []

• An officer chosen by the vestry, who keeps the parish accounts and books. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "What you observe of the vestry-clerk deserves consideration. —"
• "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"
• "Every parish church, you know, has a vestry-clerk and a parish-clerk."