Definition of "vestry-room" []

• Same as vestry, 1. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "So when Gertrude was married she stood smiling behind her; and when her new brother-inlaw kissed her in the vestry-room she smiled again, and honestly wished them happiness."
• "Although her sins might have been proclaimed throughout the diocese without any shame to herself, or ill effects to the community, the cure thought it advisable to receive her confession in the vestry-room."
• "From thenceforth it was ordained that the poor fathers should never disrobe themselves any more before the world, but in their vestry-room, or sextry, as they call it; especially in the presence of women, lest it should tempt them to the sin of longing and disordinate desire."