sacristán
See also: sacristan
Spanish
Etymology
From Medieval Latin sacristānus, from sacrista (“servant of god, member of a religious community in charge of vestments, ornaments and vessels”), from Latin sacer (“sacred”) (genitive singular sacrī) + Late Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sakɾisˈtan/ [sa.kɾisˈt̪ãn]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: sa‧cris‧tán
Noun
sacristán m (plural sacristanes, feminine sacristana, feminine plural sacristanas)
- sexton
- Synonym: sepulturero
- sacristan
- Synonym: sacrista
Related terms
- sacro
- sagrado
- sacristía f
Further reading
- “sacristán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014