sacristann.
/ˈsakrɪstən/ 1. (a) The sexton (sexton n. 1a) of a parish church. Obsolete or archaic. (b) = sacrist n. 1.
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c1480 (a1400) St. Martha 245 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 292 Quhene I mad me bowne þat holy body to lay done, & to þe sacristane to kepe gafe, quhene ȝe raysit me fra slepe.
1483 Cath. Angl. 315/1 A Sacristane, sacrista, edilis.
1563 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 246 And als the Sacristanis, beand Vicaris of the said paroche kirk, wer in use..to mak and uphald the glassin windoes of the said kirk.
1608 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 213 Item: that the Sacriston shall not presume to breake anye grave in the church without the consent of the Churchwardins.
1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) Sacrist or Sacristan, a Sexten or Vestry-keeper in a Church, or Religious house.
1763 H. S. J. Giral del Pino Dict. Spanish & Eng. I Escolano, the sacristan..that has charge of the vestments and holy vessels of the church.
1816 S. T. Coleridge Christabel ii. 28 The sacristan, Who duly pulls the heavy bell, Five and forty beads must tell Between each stroke.
1854 J. D. H. Dale Sacristan's Man. Pref. 10 The Pope's Sacristan is a Bishop.
1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood i. 3 The Sacristan locks the iron-barred gates that divide the sanctuary from the chancel.
2. In a nunnery: a sister charged with a function corresponding to that of sacrist. Cf. sacristine n.
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society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > sacristan > [noun] > female
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c1440 Alphabet of Tales 319 Sho was sacristan of þe kurk and sho had grete deuocion vnto our Ladie.
1896 C. K. Paul tr. J.-K. Huysman En Route vii. 92 A sacristan-sister, tall and pale and rather bent, entered like a shadow.
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ˌsacristaˈness n. also figurative = sacristine n.
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1866 Cornhill Mag. 14 440 The sacristaness was going through the corridor..on her way to ring the bell for matins.
1924 C. C. Martindale St. Paul xi. 141 The city of Ephesus was the sacristaness of the great Artemis and of the image that fell from heaven.
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