sacristy

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/ˈsækɹɪsti/

noun

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.

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vestryvestiary
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Meanings

nounsacristy (plural sacristies)

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, vestiary

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA room in a church where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc. are kept. Sometimes also used by clergy to prepare for worship or for meetings.

Similar
vestryvestiary

More synonyms by meaning

nouna room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held

Similar
vestry
Broader
room
Also see
vestiaryvestry

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From Anglo-Norman sacrestie, from Medieval Latin sacristia.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian ри́зница
  • ри́зница (ríznica)room in a church
Catalan sagristia
  • sagristiaroom in a church
Chinese Mandarin 祭衣及聖器收藏室 /祭衣及圣器收藏室
  • 祭衣及聖器收藏室 /祭衣及圣器收藏室room in a church
Czech sakristie
  • sakristieroom in a church
Danish sakristi
  • sakristiroom in a church
Dutch sacristie
  • sacristieroom in a church
Finnish sakaristo, sakasti
  • sakaristoroom in a church
  • sakastiroom in a church
French sacristie
  • sacristieroom in a church
German Sakristei
  • Sakristeiroom in a church
Greek σκευοφυλάκιο
  • σκευοφυλάκιο (skevofylákio)room in a church
Hungarian sekrestye
  • sekrestyeroom in a church
Indonesian sakristi
  • sakristiroom in a church
Italian sagrestia
  • sagrestiaroom in a church
Latin sacrārium
  • sacrāriumroom in a church
Lithuanian zakristijà
  • zakristijàroom in a church
Polish zakrystia
  • zakrystiaroom in a church
Portuguese sacristia
  • sacristiaroom in a church
Romanian sacristie
  • sacristieroom in a church
Russian сакристия
  • сакристия (sakristija)room in a church
Slovak sakristia
  • sakristiaroom in a church
Spanish sacristía
  • sacristíaroom in a church
Swedish sakristia
  • sakristiaroom in a church
Tagalog sakristiya
  • sakristiyaroom in a church
Welsh cysegrfa
  • cysegrfaroom in a church
Cite this entry
APA

sacristy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sacristy

MLA

“sacristy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sacristy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sacristy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sacristy.

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