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sac⋅ris⋅tan

  [sak-ri-stuhn]
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–noun
1. 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.
2. a sexton.
Origin:
1325–75; ME < ML sacristānus, equiv. to sacrist(a) custodian of sacred objects + -ānus -an
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sacristan 
c.1375, from M.L. sacristanus, from L. sacrista, from sacer (gen. sacri) "sacred" (see sacred). Cf. sexton, which is a doublet.
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