Sacristan Definition

săkrĭ-stən
noun
A person in charge of a sacristy.
Webster's New World
A sexton.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Sacristan

Noun

Singular:
sacristan
Plural:
sacristans

Origin of Sacristan

  • Middle English from Medieval Latin sacristānus from sacrista from Latin sacer sacred sacred

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

Sacristan Sentence Examples

  • How does the sacristan come back to life to kill after he has put the pneumatic drill through his chest?

  • The reign of " Brother Sacristan, " the nickname given to Joseph by Frederick the Great, was one continual suppression of superfluous abbeys, feast-days, pilgrimages.

  • A sacristan commanded one party which captured several hundred prisoners in the course of a month; and there was Vasilisa, the wife of a village elder, who slew hundreds of the French.

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Words Starting With

SSASAC

Words Ending With

NANTAN

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Words Starting With S and Ending With N

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