sacristan en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈsækɹɪstən/
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Etymology
From French sacristain, Late Latin sacrista, from Latin sacer. Doublet of sexton.
Meanings
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The person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains.
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
1816, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “(please specify the page)”, in Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision: The Pains of Sleep, London: […] John Murray, […], by William Bulmer and Co. […], →OCLC:The church was looked after by an old sacristan who lived in a cottage on the shore of the lake.
1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 10, in Friday's Business:[…] every evening as the temple was closed for the night the sacristan paused: "Pindar to supper with the god!" he cried.
1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 3, page 32:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sacristans | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
undersacristan · sacristanry · subsacristan
Relateds
sacristy · sexton · sextonry · sacristry
Synonyms
Translations (34)
fr sacristain (person who maintains the sacristy) · de Küster (person who maintains the sacristy) · pl zakrystianka (person who maintains the sacristy) · ru ри́зничий (person who maintains the sacristy) · nl sacrista (person who maintains the sacristy) · fr sacristaine (person who maintains the sacristy) · el σκευοφύλακας (person who maintains the sacristy) · it sagrestano (person who maintains the sacristy) · pl kościelna (person who maintains the sacristy) · hy լուսարար (person who maintains the sacristy) · ceb sakristan (person who maintains the sacristy) · ca sagristà (person who maintains the sacristy) · la sacrarius (person who maintains the sacristy) · la sēcrētārius (person who maintains the sacristy) · ro sacristan (person who maintains the sacristy) · ga sacraisteoir (person who maintains the sacristy) · nl koster (person who maintains the sacristy) · lld mëune (person who maintains the sacristy) · hu sekrestyés (person who maintains the sacristy) · tl sakristan (person who maintains the sacristy) · el σκευοφύλαξ (person who maintains the sacristy) · pl kościelny (person who maintains the sacristy) · de Küsterin (person who maintains the sacristy) · pl zakrystian (person who maintains the sacristy) · ru понома́рь (person who maintains the sacristy) · la aedituus (person who maintains the sacristy) · lt zakristijõnas (person who maintains the sacristy) · ml കപ്യാർ (person who maintains the sacristy) · id sakristan (person who maintains the sacristy) · es sacristán (person who maintains the sacristy) · de Mesner (person who maintains the sacristy) · it sacrestano (person who maintains the sacristy) · fi suntio (person who maintains the sacristy) · id koster (person who maintains the sacristy)