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sacrist|ˈseɪkrɪst|
Also 7 sachriste, 8 saccarist.
[a. OF. sacriste (= It. sacrista), ad. L. sacrista, f. sacer sacred (sacra neut. pl. sacred objects) + -ista: see -ist.]
1. An official charged with the custody of the sacred vessels, relics, vestments, etc., of a religious house or a church.
In English cathedrals the ‘sacrist’ (sometimes called ‘sacristan’) is always in orders, often a minor canon.
1577–87Holinshed Chron. III. 1241/2 Frier Combe, a sacrist of that house of Westminster. 1635E. Pagitt Christianogr. iii. (1636) 103 Two Sacrists, carrying two silver Lanthorns. 1656–61[See sacristan 1]. 1665S. Bing in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. IV. 23 It is said the Sacrist [of St. Paul's] is out of town, -and there will be no Communion as customarily. 1726Ayliffe Parergon 216 A Sacrist or Treasurer which are not Dignitaries in the Church of Common Right, but only by Custom. 1883Daily News 19 Sept. 1/1 [Died.] Mr. W. Sanders, for many years Sacrist and Librarian of Westminster Abbey.
2. An officer in the University of Aberdeen (formerly King's and Marischal Colleges); orig. a cleric whose responsibilities included the furnishings of the church, later a senior janitor or head porter with some ceremonial duties.
1638King's Coll. (Aberdeen) Minutes 27 Dec., In the visitatioun of the Kinges Colledge of the Universitie of Aberdeine..convenit..Mr. Alexander Ross doctor of divinitie, principall of the said Colledge,..Mr. Gilbert Ross, cantor, and Patrick Innes, sacrist. a1670Spalding Troub. Chas. I (Bannatyne Cl.) I. 111 To the which committee..was summoned..the principall of the King's Colledge of Old Aberdein, the four regents, canonist, doctor of medicine, civilist, sacrist, and cantor. 1732in A. M. Munro Rec. Old Aberdeen (1899) I. 256 Robert Gordon, Saccarist in the King's College. 1792J. Spalding Hist. Troubles I. 127 Mr. David Lindsay Parson of Belhelvie, was said to be moderator of this committee, to the which committee upon the 24th of March were summoned in name of the assembly and moderator, the principal of the King's College of Old Aberdeen, the four regents, the canonist, Doctor of Medicine, civilist, sacrist, and janitor, founded members thereof. 1825Aberdeen Censor Dec. 210 Enrolled as a student in divinity, by paying six shillings to the sacrist of Marischall College and a moiety to the library. 1865G. MacDonald Alec Forbes II. ii. 8 A long broom which the sacrist had been using to clear foot-paths. 1902Minutes Aberdeen Univ. Court V. 250 The Joint Committee were of the opinion that appropriate costumes, including robes and hats, for the two sacrists, could be procured for {pstlg}15. 1965Aberdeen Univ. Rev. Autumn 70 No ceremony is complete without the presence of the sacrist (or sacrists) robed in purple, with a tricorne hat trimmed with gold upon his head, and bearing his silver, bell-headed, mace. |