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sac⋅ris⋅tan

[sak-ri-stuhn]
–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
sac·ris·tan   (sāk'rĭ-stən)   
n.  
  1. One who is in charge of a sacristy.
  2. A sexton.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin sacristānus, from sacrista, from Latin sacer, sacred; see sacred.]

Sacristan

Sac"ris*tan\, n. [F. sacristain, LL. sacrista, fr. L. sacer. See Sacred, and cf. Sexton.] An officer of the church who has the care of the utensils or movables, and of the church in general; a sexton.

sacristan 
c.1375, from M.L. sacristanus, from L. sacrista, from sacer (gen. sacri) "sacred" (see sacred). Cf. sexton, which is a doublet.

sacristan

a sexton (q.v.) or, more commonly, the officer of the church in charge of the sacristy and its contents, such as the sacred vessels and vestments. The person may be either someone in holy orders, as is common in a cathedral, or a lay person

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