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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.
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- under·sacris·tan noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sacristan1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sacristan1
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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.
Perhaps there is some one you would prefer to have me call, before the Sister Sacristan comes to fetch you?
And now—just for a moment lest the Sister Sacristan come back—I will take you out of the closet.
The Angelus had sounded, and the Sacristan wished to close the church.
The professor of pathology came along, a man who had more the look of a sacristan than of a physician.
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