Meaning

1 senses
  1. The person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains.

    Küster, Küsterin, Mesner

    ри́зничийrízničij, понома́рьponomárʹ

    an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
person who maintains the sacristy:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person who maintains the sacristy:

Origin

From French sacristain, Late Latin sacrista, from Latin sacer. Doublet of sexton.

From French sacristain, Late Latin sacrista, from Latin sacer. Doublet of sexton.

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Forms

plural: sacristans
Singularsacristan
Pluralsacristans

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects:sexton

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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