Meanings
nounsacrist (plural sacrists)
plural sacrists
- A sacristan.
At some unknown point during the twelfth century the problem of waking up at night at the right time to ring the bell was solved, because, in a new version of the Rule for Cistercian monks, it says that the sacrist 'roused by the sound of the clock shall ring the church bell'.
1978, James Burke, Connections, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, pages 128-129
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Origin
- Late Latinsacrista
- Englishsacrist
From Late Latin sacrista.
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APA
sacrist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sacrist
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“sacrist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sacrist. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sacrist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sacrist.
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