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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
an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sexton
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: caretaker, church officer
From French sacristain, Late Latin sacrista, from Latin sacer. Doublet of sexton.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
լուսարար
(lusarar)
— person who maintains the sacristy
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Catalan:
sagristà
— person who maintains the sacristy
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Cebuano:
sakristan
— person who maintains the sacristy
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Dutch:
sacrista
— person who maintains the sacristy
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Dutch:
koster
— person who maintains the sacristy
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Finnish:
suntio
— person who maintains the sacristy
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French:
sacristain
— person who maintains the sacristy
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French:
sacristaine
— person who maintains the sacristy
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German:
Küster
— person who maintains the sacristy
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German:
Küsterin
— person who maintains the sacristy
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German:
Mesner
— person who maintains the sacristy
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Greek:
σκευοφύλακας
(skevofýlakas)
— person who maintains the sacristy
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Greek:
σκευοφύλαξ
(skevofýlax)
— person who maintains the sacristy
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Hungarian:
sekrestyés
— person who maintains the sacristy
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Indonesian:
koster
— person who maintains the sacristy
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Indonesian:
sakristan
— person who maintains the sacristy
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Irish:
sacraisteoir
— person who maintains the sacristy
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Italian:
sacrestano
— person who maintains the sacristy
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Italian:
sagrestano
— person who maintains the sacristy
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Ladin:
mëune
— person who maintains the sacristy
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Latin:
sēcrētārius
— person who maintains the sacristy
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Latin:
sacrarius
— person who maintains the sacristy
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Latin:
aedituus
— person who maintains the sacristy
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Lithuanian:
zakristijõnas
— person who maintains the sacristy
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Malayalam:
കപ്യാർ
(kapyāṟ)
— person who maintains the sacristy
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Polish:
zakrystian
— person who maintains the sacristy
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Polish:
zakrystianka
— person who maintains the sacristy
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Polish:
kościelny
— person who maintains the sacristy
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Polish:
kościelna
— person who maintains the sacristy
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Romanian:
sacristan
— person who maintains the sacristy
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Russian:
ри́зничий
(rízničij)
— person who maintains the sacristy
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Russian:
понома́рь
(ponomárʹ)
— person who maintains the sacristy
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Spanish:
sacristán
— person who maintains the sacristy
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Tagalog:
sakristan
— person who maintains the sacristy