different between committee vs vestry

English

Alternative forms

• cttee (contraction)
• cmte (contraction)

Etymology

From commit +? -ee, else revival of Anglo-Norman commite, past participle of commettre (“to commit”), from Latin committere, from con- (“with”) + mittere (“to send”). The OED3 prefers the first etymology.

Pronunciation

group of persons

• enPR: k?-m?t??, IPA^(key): [k??m?t.i]
• Rhymes: -?ti

person in charge of another

• (UK) IPA^(key): [k?m??ti?]
• Rhymes: -i?
• (US) enPR: käm-?-t??, IPA^(key): [k?m??ti?]
• Rhymes: -i?

Noun

committee (plural committees)

1. A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.
2. (archaic) A guardian; someone in charge of another person deemed to be unable to look after himself or herself.

Hyponyms

• program committee

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? French: comité (see there for further descendants)

Translations

Further reading

• committee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman vesterie, from Old French vestiaire (“room for vestments, dressing room”), from Latin vestiarium (“wardrobe”). Doublet of vestiary.

Noun

vestry (plural vestries)

1. A room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored; also used for meetings and classes; a sacristy.

   The choirboys change into their cassocks in the vestry.

2. A committee of parishioners elected to administer the temporal affairs of a parish.

   The vestry meets on the first Tuesday of every month.

3. An assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; so called because usually held in a vestry.

Related terms

• vestryman

Translations

See also

• churchwarden

Anagrams

• stryve