sacristan

IPA: sˈækrʌstæn

noun

  • The person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains.
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Examples of "sacristan" in Sentences

  • The sacristan is in charge of the Chapel.
  • Nowadays the sacristan is elected or appointed.
  • The sacristan mumbles his disapproval before leaving.
  • In 1595 he was appointed sacristan in the papal chapel.
  • He is assisted by a precentor, a chancellor and a sacristan.
  • There was once a sacristan here, but that was many years ago.
  • The sacristan and a few old women were there, but they escaped.
  • This was used as either an oratory for a chantry priest, or as a sacristan.
  • Blinded, the sacristan unwittingly guides the royalists to the patriot camp.
  • The library was in the care of the sacristan of the cathedral chapter of canons.

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