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sacristan [ˈsækrɪstən], sacrist [ˈsækrɪst ˈseɪ-] n 1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a person who has charge of the contents of a church, esp the sacred vessels, vestments, etc. 2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a less common word for sexton [1] [from Medieval Latin sacristānus, from sacrista, from Latin sacer holy] sacrist, sacristan an official or cleric appointed curator of the vestments, sacred vessels, and relies of a religious body, church, or cathedral. See also: Church
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There I encountered a sacristan of about fifty, and a man dry and cold of mien. I sneezed repeatedly---groaned---awakened and would have arisen, when the Sacristan and Abbot, full of terror, came running at the noise, surprised, doubtless, and no way pleased to find the man alive, whose heirs they had proposed themselves to be. 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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