sacristy

Examples

• All

• The priest retrieved the chalice from the sacristy before the morning service.

• Go to the sacristy and await me there.

  Fantasm Comes Again (1977)

• Let's talk in the sacristy, shall we?

  A Prayer for the Dying (1987)

• Come with me into the sacristy.

  Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)

• In the sacristy was a painted ceiling with many figures that again left me wondering.

  Academic text (2008)

• I've chosen the sacristy for three reasons.

  Night of the Demons 2 (1994)

• But I know every room inside this building, including the sacristy, where brides wait before going down the aisle.

  Fiction book (2000)

• It was in a hidden compartment in the wall of the sacristy.

  The Celestine Prophecy (2006)

• They do it right there, in the sacristy, almost in front of the blessed sacrament.

  The Devils (1971)

• The parish priest closes the door of the sacristy and walks toward the presbytery.

  Academic text (2007)

Synonyms

V

vestry

vssacristy

1 9.3

A room in a church where religious clothes and items are kept and people meet

is the same room but emphasises clergy preparation use

S

sanctorium

vssacristy

• Specialized

1 9.9

A special place in a church where people keep holy objects

is a functional room focused on storing liturgical items and preparing clergy

Surface Forms

Etymology