sacristy
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rɪ noun, plural sac·ris·ties.
an apartment in or a building connected with a church or a religious house, in which the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., are kept.
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| —n , pl -ties | |
| a room attached to a church or chapel where the sacred vessels, vestments, etc, are kept and where priests attire themselves | |
| [C17: from Medieval Latin sacristia; see | |
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Word Origin & History
sacristy
"repository of sacred things," c.1600, from Anglo-Fr. sacrestie, from M.L. sacrista, from L. sacer "sacred" (see sacred).
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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sacristy
in architecture, room in a Christian church in which vestments and sacred objects used in the services are stored and in which the clergy and sometimes the altar boys and the choir members put on their robes. In the early Christian church, two rooms beside the apse, the diaconicon and the prothesis, were used for these purposes.
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Example sentences
Probably this one was placed over the entrance to a private chapel or sacristy, but its original location remains unknown.
Iu the sacristy the paintings them selves were found rolled around a piece of stove pipe ready te be carried away.
The intended design of the building probably included a vaulted ceiling over the nave and a dome over the sacristy.
In later years, an altar was added, and then a sacristy.
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