Definitions for sacristies

sacristies sac·ris·ty

Spelling: [sak-ri-stee]
IPA: /ˈsæk rɪ sti/

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

You can make 496 anagrams from letters in sacristies (aceiirssst).

Definitions for sacristies

noun

  1. an apartment in or a building connected with a church or a religious house, in which the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., are kept.

Origin of sacristies

1400-50; late Middle English Medieval Latin sacristia vestry, equivalent to sacrist(a) (see sacristan) + -ia -y3

Examples for sacristies

It tells us that the grave of Leo the Great was in the vestibule below the sacristy.

He followed her through the door, and entered into the sacristy.

Somebody went to the sacristy and told the Father what was happening outside.

Then turning to the left, I made for a door that I knew should give access to the sacristy.

The washing and rinsing had to take place in the sacristy itself.

She was near the door of the sacristy, gazing into the dim and shadowy church.

The same bishop also built the sacristy of the old cathedral.

Brother Andrew went before him to open the door of the sacristy.

The inventories included also the furniture and properties of the sacristy.

As soon as it is dark we might get out by that sacristy door at the rear.

Word Value for sacristies
Scrable

13

Words with friends

13

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