sacristan
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See also: sacristán
English
Etymology
From French sacristain, Late Latin sacrista, from Latin sacer. Doublet of sexton.
Pronunciation
Noun
sacristan (plural sacristans)
- The person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains.
- 1816, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “(please specify the page)”, in Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision: The Pains of Sleep, London: John Murray, , by William Bulmer and Co. , →OCLC:
- 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
- 1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 10, in Friday's Business:
- The church was looked after by an old sacristan who lived in a cottage on the shore of the lake.
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Translations
person who maintains the sacristy
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French sacristain, Italian sacristano.
Pronunciation
Noun
sacristan m (plural sacristani)
- sacristan
- Synonyms: (dated) sacristin; (in the Eastern Orthodox Church) paracliser
Declension
Declension of sacristan
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) sacristan | sacristanul | (niște) sacristani | sacristanii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) sacristan | sacristanului | (unor) sacristani | sacristanilor |
| vocative | sacristanule | sacristanilor | ||
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References
- sacristan in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)