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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Medieval Latin
Origin: sacristanus, from sacrista 'sacristan', from Latin sacer; SACRED

sacristan

 noun
     
Related topics: Christianity
sac‧ris‧tan [countable]
RRC someone whose job is to take care of the holy objects in a church
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