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sac·ris·ty

(săk′rĭ-stē)

n. pl. sac·ris·ties

A room in a church housing the sacred vessels and vestments; a vestry.

[Middle English sacristie, from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin sacristia, from sacrista, sacristan; see sacristan.]

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sacristy

(ˈsækrɪstɪ)

n, pl -ties

(Ecclesiastical Terms) a room attached to a church or chapel where the sacred vessels, vestments, etc, are kept and where priests attire themselves

[C17: from Medieval Latin sacristia; see sacristan]

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sac•ris•ty

(ˈsæk rɪ sti)

n., pl. -ties.

a room in a church in which sacred vessels, vestments, etc., are kept.

[1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin sacristia vestry =sacrist(a) (see sacristan) + -ia -y³]

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Noun

sacristy - a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held

vestry

church building, church - a place for public (especially Christian) worship; "the church was empty"

room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"

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sacristía

sakaristo

sagrestia sagrestano

zakrystia

sacristia

sacristy

[ˈsækrɪstɪ] N → sacristía f

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sacristy

n → Sakristei f

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sacristy

[ˈsækrɪstɪ] n → sagrestia

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The reader travelling in Italy, or Belgium perhaps, has doubtless visited one or more of those spacious sacristies, introduced to which for the inspection of some more than usually recherche work of art, one is presently dominated by their reverend quiet: simple people coming and going there, devout, or at least on devout business, with half-pitched voices, not without touches of kindly humour, in what seems to express like a picture the most genial side, midway between the altar and the home, of the ecclesiastical life.

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Burglars ransacked the sacristies at St Paul's Church in Dooradoyle and St Oliver Plunkett Church in Mungret, Co Limerick, and stole the cash just hours after Easter dues were given to the priests at vigils.

Churches are robbed on Easter Sunday

Also, the celebrant must consume all that remains, instead of pouring it down the sink - a desecration of the Sacred Species occurring in some sacristies. Also, silence must now be maintained in Church both before and after Mass.