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A person responsible for a church’s sacred objects, vestments, and practical preparation for worship.
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- church sacristan
- sacristan’s keys
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The sacristan unlocked the cupboard.
A church sacristan prepared the vessels.
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Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular sacristan; plural sacristans. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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