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