sacrarius

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Latin

Etymology

From sacer (sacred, holy) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

Noun

sacrārius m (genitive sacrāriī or sacrārī); second declension

  1. A sacrist, sacristan, priest

Declension

Second-declension noun.

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

  • sacrarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sacrarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.