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sacristan

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sacristan /ˈsakrɪstən/

▶noun

1 a person in charge of a sacristy.

2 archaic the sexton of a parish church.

– origin ME: from med. L. sacristanus, based on L. sacer, sacr- ‘sacred’.

'sacristan' also found in these Oxford entries:

sacrist - sexton

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