sacristy
noun/ˈsækrɪsti/
/ˈsækrɪsti/
(plural sacristies)
- a room in a church where a priest prepares for a service by putting on special clothes and where various objects used in worship are kept synonym vestryWord Originlate Middle English: from French sacristie, from medieval Latin sacristia, based on Latin sacer, sacr- ‘sacred’.
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