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Sacristan

//ˈsækɹɪstən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains.

    "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"

  2. 2
    an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects wordnet

Etymology

From French sacristain, Late Latin sacrista, from Latin sacer. Doublet of sexton.

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