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Topic: CHRISTIANITY

Date: 1400-1500
Language: Medieval Latin
Origin: sacristia, from sacrista; SACRISTAN

sacristy

 noun
     
sac‧ris‧ty plural sacristies [countable]
RRC a small room in a church where holy cups and plates are kept, and where priests put on their ceremonial clothes [= vestry]
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