parish vestry

C22854
concept

A parish vestry is a local governing body historically responsible for the administration, finance, and ecclesiastical affairs of a parish, often composed of elected lay members of the church.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
parish governing authority 4
parish vestry canonical 2

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: parish vestry
Generated description
A parish vestry is a local governing body historically responsible for the administration, finance, and ecclesiastical affairs of a parish, often composed of elected lay members of the church.

Instances (6)

Instance Via concept surface
St. Bernard Parish Council parish governing authority
St Saviour's Vestry —
St. James Parish Council parish governing authority
Police jury parish governing authority
Vestry of St. Peter Parish, New Kent County —
St. John the Baptist Parish Council parish governing authority