English Explanatory Dictionary

sacrist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A sacristan.
A person retained in a cathedral to copy out music for the choir and take care of the books.

Word forms

sacrist sacrists

Etymology

From Late Latin sacrista.

Related words

sacristry sacristy

Derived words

subsacrist

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