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sacristan

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈsækɹɪstən/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sacrist

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sexton

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: caretaker, church officer

History

Etymology

From French sacristain, Late Latin sacrista, from Latin sacer. Doublet of sexton.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: լուսարար (lusarar) — person who maintains the sacristy
  • Catalan: sagristà — person who maintains the sacristy
  • Cebuano: sakristan — person who maintains the sacristy
  • Dutch: sacrista — person who maintains the sacristy
  • Dutch: koster — person who maintains the sacristy
  • Finnish: suntio — person who maintains the sacristy
  • French: sacristain — person who maintains the sacristy
  • French: sacristaine — person who maintains the sacristy
  • German: Küster — person who maintains the sacristy
  • German: Küsterin — person who maintains the sacristy
  • German: Mesner — person who maintains the sacristy
  • Greek: σκευοφύλακας (skevofýlakas) — person who maintains the sacristy
  • Greek: σκευοφύλαξ (skevofýlax) — person who maintains the sacristy
  • Hungarian: sekrestyés — person who maintains the sacristy
  • Indonesian: koster — person who maintains the sacristy
  • Indonesian: sakristan — person who maintains the sacristy
  • Irish: sacraisteoir — person who maintains the sacristy
  • Italian: sacrestano — person who maintains the sacristy
  • Italian: sagrestano — person who maintains the sacristy
  • Ladin: mëune — person who maintains the sacristy
  • Latin: sēcrētārius — person who maintains the sacristy
  • Latin: sacrarius — person who maintains the sacristy
  • Latin: aedituus — person who maintains the sacristy
  • Lithuanian: zakristijõnas — person who maintains the sacristy
  • Malayalam: കപ്യാർ (kapyāṟ) — person who maintains the sacristy
  • Polish: zakrystian — person who maintains the sacristy
  • Polish: zakrystianka — person who maintains the sacristy
  • Polish: kościelny — person who maintains the sacristy
  • Polish: kościelna — person who maintains the sacristy
  • Romanian: sacristan — person who maintains the sacristy
  • Russian: ри́зничий (rízničij) — person who maintains the sacristy
  • Russian: понома́рь (ponomárʹ) — person who maintains the sacristy
  • Spanish: sacristán — person who maintains the sacristy
  • Tagalog: sakristan — person who maintains the sacristy