sacristan

See also: sacristán

English

Etymology

From French sacristain, Late Latin sacrista, from Latin sacer. See sacred, and compare sexton.

Noun

sacristan (plural sacristans)

  1. The person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains.
    • 1793, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Christabel
      And hence the custom and law began
      That still at dawn the sacristan,
      Who duly pulls the heavy bell,
      Five and forty beads must tell
      Between each stroke
    • 1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 10, in Friday's Business:
      The church was looked after by an old sacristan who lived in a cottage on the shore of the lake.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sacristain, Italian sacristano

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.krisˈtan/

Noun

sacristan m (plural sacristani)

  1. sacristan

Declension

Synonyms

  • sacristin (dated)
  • paracliser (in the Eastern Orthodox Church)

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