sacristan

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Noun

sacristan (plural sacristans)

1. The person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains.
   • 1793, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Christabel

     And hence the custom and law began

     That still at dawn the sacristan,

     Who duly pulls the heavy bell,

     Five and forty beads must tell

     Between each stroke

Related terms

• sacrist
• sacristry
• sacristy

Translations

• French: sacristain, sacristaine
• German: Küster, Küsterin
• Italian: sacrestano, sagrestano
• Russian: ри́зничий
• Spanish: sacristán

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