Definitions for sacristyˈsæk rɪ sti

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

sac•ris•tyˈsæk rɪ sti(n.)(pl.)-ties.

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

    Category: Religion

Origin of sacristy:

1400–50; late ME < ML sacristia vestry =sacrist(a) (see sacristan ) +-ia -y3

Princeton's WordNet

  1. vestry, sacristy(noun)

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

Wiktionary

  1. sacristy(Noun)

    A room in a church where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc. are kept. Sometimes also used by clergy to prepare for worship or for meetings.

  2. Origin: From sacristia

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sacristy(noun)

    an apartment in a church where the sacred utensils, vestments, etc., are kept; a vestry


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