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Definition of Sacristan
1. Noun. An officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects.
Definition of Sacristan
1. n. An officer of the church who has the care of the utensils or movables, and of the church in general; a sexton.
Definition of Sacristan
1. Noun. The person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sacristan
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sacristan
Literary usage of Sacristan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond, Monk of St. Edmundsbury: A Picture of by Jocelin de Brakelond, Jocelin, Lionel Cecil Jane, Francis Aidan Gasquet (1907)
"Now the sacristan, while the abbey was vacant, neither paid any debt nor erected
any building, ... William the sacristan, for his part gave and spent. ..."
2. The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond, Monk of St. Edmundsbury: A Picture of by Jocelin de Brakelond, Jocelin, Francis Aidan Gasquet (1907)
"Now the sacristan, while the abbey was vacant, neither paid any debt nor erected
any building, ... William the sacristan, for his part gave and spent. ..."
3. Fifty Contemporary One-act Plays by Frank Shay, Pierre Loving (1920)
"It is open; the Sister sacristan has left it unlocked. ... If only I could get
appointed sacristan! But I am too young and being lame would prevent my ..."
4. Fifty Contemporary One-act Plays by Frank Shay, Pierre Loving (1920)
"It is open; the Sister sacristan has left it unlocked. ... If only I could get
appointed sacristan! But 1 am too young and being lame would prevent my ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"sacristan, an officer who is charged with the care of the sacristy, the church,
... In ancient times many duties of the sacristan were performed by the ..."
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