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sacristan
[ sak-ri-stuhn ]
noun
- Also called sac·rist [sak, -rist, sey, -krist]. an official in charge of the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., of a church or a religious house.
- a sexton.
sacristan
/ ˈsækrɪstən; ˈsækrɪst; ˈseɪ- /
noun
- a person who has charge of the contents of a church, esp the sacred vessels, vestments, etc
- a less common word for sexton
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Other Words From
- under·sacris·tan noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sacristan1
1325–75; Middle English < Medieval Latin sacristānus, equivalent to sacrist ( a ) custodian of sacred objects + -ānus -an
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sacristan1
C14: from Medieval Latin sacristānus, from sacrista, from Latin sacer holy
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Example Sentences
But I am too young and being lame would prevent my getting on to the step-ladders, as a Sacristan must.
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Perhaps there is some one you would prefer to have me call, before the Sister Sacristan comes to fetch you?
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And now—just for a moment lest the Sister Sacristan come back—I will take you out of the closet.
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The Angelus had sounded, and the Sacristan wished to close the church.
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The professor of pathology came along, a man who had more the look of a sacristan than of a physician.
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