common vestry

…Parish administration was carried out by the parish priest and the church council, whose meetings were held in the vestry of the church hall. Thus, the general meeting of parishioners was called the common vestry, and the church council was called the select vestry. If the rector, who collects the tithes, was a religious corporation or other entity and was absent from the village, a priest called a vicar or incumbent was sometimes appointed as a vicar for the pastoral care of the parishioners. …

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…教区の運営は教区司祭と教会委員によって行われ，会堂の祭服室vestryで会議が開かれた。したがって教区民の全体集会を教区総会common vestryと呼び，教会委員会をselect vestryと呼ぶ。十分の一税の収納者であるレクターが宗教法人等であって，村に不在の場合，教区民の牧会のために，代牧者として，ビカーvicarあるいはインカンベントincumbentと呼ばれる司祭が任命されることがある。…

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