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Vestries
pl.
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Vestry
n.
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A room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal vestments and sacred utensils are sometimes kept, and where meetings for worship or parish business are held; a sacristy; -- formerly called revestiary.
Vestry
n.
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A parochial assembly; an assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; -- so called because usually held in a vestry.
Vestry
n.
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A body, composed of wardens and vestrymen, chosen annually by a parish to manage its temporal concerns.
Vestrymen
pl.
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of Vestryman
Vestryman
n.
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A member of a vestry; especially (Prot. Epis. Ch.), a member other than a warden. See Vestry.
Vesture
v. t.
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A garment or garments; a robe; clothing; dress; apparel; vestment; covering; envelope.
Vesture
v. t.
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The corn, grass, underwood, stubble, etc., with which land was covered; as, the vesture of an acre.
Vesture
v. t.
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Seizin; possession.
Vestured
a.
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Covered with vesture or garments; clothed; enveloped.
Vesuvian
a.
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Of or pertaining to Vesuvius, a volcano near Naples.
Vesuvian
a.
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Vesuvianite.
Vesuvine
n.
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A trade name for a brown dyestuff obtained from certain basic azo compounds of benzene; -- called also Bismarck brown, Manchester brown, etc.
Vetch
n.
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Any leguminous plant of the genus Vicia, some species of which are valuable for fodder. The common species is V. sativa.
Vetchling
n.
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Any small leguminous plant of the genus Lathyrus, especially L. Nissolia.
Vetchy
a.
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Consisting of vetches or of pea straw.
Vetchy
a.
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Abounding with vetches.
Veteran
a.
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Long exercised in anything, especially in military life and the duties of a soldier; long practiced or experienced; as, a veteran officer or soldier; veteran skill.
Veteran
n.
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One who has been long exercised in any service or art, particularly in war; one who has had.
Veteranize
v. i.
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To reenlist for service as a soldier.
Veterinarian
n.
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One skilled in the diseases of cattle or domestic animals; a veterinary surgeon.
Veterinary
a.
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Of or pertaining to the art of healing or treating the diseases of domestic animals, as oxen, horses, sheep, etc.; as, a veterinary writer or school.
Vetiver
n.
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An East Indian grass (Andropogon muricatus); also, its fragrant roots which are much used for making mats and screens. Also called kuskus, and khuskhus.
Vetoes
pl.
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of Veto
Veto
n.
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An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
Veto
n.
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A power or right possessed by one department of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the President of the United States. Called also the veto power.
Veto
n.
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The exercise of such authority; an act of prohibition or prevention; as, a veto is probable if the bill passes.
Veto
n.
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A document or message communicating the reasons of the executive for not officially approving a proposed law; -- called also veto message.
Vetoed
imp. & p. p.
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of Veto
Vetoing
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Veto