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sacristy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Christianity
sac·ris·ty /ˈsækrəsti/ noun (plural sacristies) [countable]  RRCa small room in a church, where holy cups and plates are kept, and where priests put on their ceremonial clothes 〔教堂的〕圣器室,祭衣间 SYN vestry
Examples from the Corpus
sacristyTo check, look at the portrait by Crepsi in the northern sacristy.It is open to the public at 17.00 on Fridays and on Sunday mornings, or you can apply at the sacristy.Placed in the sacristy were three white saris with blue borders, and on them a small cross and a rosary.Martinez pointed to a dormer window that protruded from the roof of the sacristy.We were bring led through the sacristy at school on our way to the chapel.While the congregation sat waiting, Brian rummaged through the sacristy until he found some stale hosts.The father went back to the sacristy.Then, thanking him, I beat a hasty retreat to the sacristy door and knocked.
Origin sacristy (1400-1500) Medieval Latin sacristia, from sacrista; → SACRISTAN
sac·ris·ty nounChineseSyllable
small Corpus a room a church, where in


sacristy
sacristy /ˈsækrəsti, ˈsækrɪsti/ noun (plural sacristies) [countable]
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: Medieval Latin
 Origin: sacristia, from sacrista; sacristan
a small room in a church, where holy cups and plates are kept, and where priests put on their ceremonial clothes
   SYN  vestry


sac·ristyBrE /ˈsækrɪsti/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsækrɪsti/ 🔊 noun (
plural
sac·risties
)
a room in a church where a priest prepares for a service by putting on special clothes and where various objects used in worship are kept (教堂的)圣器室,祭衣间 SYN vestry