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Sacristan definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SAC'RISTAN, n. [L. sacer, sacred.]
An officer of the church who has the care of the utensils or movables of the church. It is now corrupted into sexton.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects [syn: sexton, sacristan]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin sacristanus, from Latin sacr-, sacer Date: 14th century a person in charge of the sacristy and ceremonial equipment; also sexton

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a person in charge of a sacristy and its contents. 2 archaic the sexton of a parish church. Etymology: ME f. med.L sacristanus (as SACRED)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sacristan Sac"ris*tan, n. [F. sacristain, LL. sacrista, fr. L. sacer. See Sacred, and cf. Sexton.] An officer of the church who has the care of the utensils or movables, and of the church in general; a sexton.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Sexton, sacrist, vestry-keeper.

Moby Thesaurus

Bible clerk, Bible reader, acolyte, almoner, anagnost, beadle, bedral, capitular, capitulary, choir chaplain, churchwarden, clerk, deacon, deaconess, elder, elderman, lay elder, lay reader, lector, lecturer, parish clerk, precentor, reader, ruling elder, sacrist, sexton, shames, sidesman, succentor, suisse, teaching elder, thurifer, verger, vergeress