sacristy

sacristy

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman sacrestie, from Medieval Latin sacristia.

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Noun

sacristy (plural sacristies)

1. 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.

Synonyms

• vestry

Translations

room in a church

Bulgarian: ризница f (riznica) Catalan: sagristia f Czech: sakristie (cs) f Danish: sakristi (da) n Dutch: sacristie (nl) f Finnish: sakaristo French: sacristie (fr) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Sakristei (de) f Greek: σκευοφυλάκιο (el) n (skevofylákio) Hungarian: sekrestye (hu) Indonesian: sakristi (id) Italian: sagrestia (it) f Ladin: jegher m Latin: sacrārium n Macedonian: сакри́стија f (sakrístija), ри́зница f (ríznica), ѓа́коник m (ǵákonik) Polish: zakrystia (pl) f Portuguese: sacristia (pt) f Romanian: sacristie (ro) Russian: сакристия (ru) f (sakristija) Slovak: sakristia f Slovene: zakristija (sl) Spanish: sacristía (es) f Swedish: sakristia (sv) c Tagalog: sakristiya Welsh: cysegrfa f Westrobothnian: sakersteg f