Definitions for sacristans

sacristans sac·ris·tan

Spelling: [sak-ri-stuh n]
IPA: /ˈsæk rɪ stən/

Sacristans is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 442 anagrams from letters in sacristans (aacinrssst).

Definitions for sacristans

noun

  1. Also called sacrist [sak-rist, sey-krist] /ˈsæk rɪst, ˈseɪ krɪst/ (Show IPA). an official in charge of the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., of a church or a religious house.
  2. a sexton.

Origin of sacristans

1325-75; Middle English Medieval Latin sacristānus, equivalent to sacrist(a) custodian of sacred objects + -ānus -an

Examples for sacristans

It has its own provisor, cura, and sacristan for that holy church.

But the sacristan, dragging the child, disappeared in the shadows.

This fact has been reported to me by the sacristan and the four persons.

The Angelus had sounded, and the sacristan wished to close the church.

There are no headstones in this cemetery, and no sacristan holds its records.

He also answered to the more aristocratic title of "sacristan."

These pious sentiments are all written in my sacristan's cell.

In this room, which has a fireplace, the sacristan probably slept.

The sacristan, with a long rod, was putting out the lights one by one.

There is one cura there, one sacristan, one vicar-general, and several priests.

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