sacristy

sac·ris·ty

noun

pl. -·ties

a room in a church, usually adjoining the sanctuary, where the sacred vessels, vestments, etc. are kept; vestry

Origin of sacristy

French sacristie from Ecclesiastical Medieval Latin sacristia from sacrista, sacristan from Classical Latin sacer, sacred

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sacristy

noun

pl. sac·ris·ties

A room in a church housing the sacred vessels and vestments; a vestry.

Origin of sacristy

Middle English sacristie from Anglo-Norman from Medieval Latin sacristia from sacrista sacristan ; see sacristan .

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Noun

(plural sacristies)

A room in a church where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc. are kept. Sometimes also used by clergy to prepare for worship or for meetings.

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From Latin sacristia

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On the east side stands the two-aisled chapter-house (5), between which and the south transept is a small sacristy (3), and on the other side two small apartments, one of which was probably the parlour (6).
Among the archives, kept in the sacristy of the church, are several banners captured by the Appenzellers in former days, among them one taken in 1406 at Imst, near Lanedeck, with the inscription Hundert Teufel, though popularly this number is multiplied a thousandfold.
In the sacristy there is a very beautiful miniature-like painting of the "Scourging of Christ," by Piero della Francesca, and other pictures by later artists.
To the north of the church, beyond the sacristy (L), and the side chapels (M), we find the cell of the sub-prior (a), with its garden.
The church or minster of St Cuthberga is a fine cruciform structure of various styles from Early Norman to Perpendicular, and consists of a central lantern tower, nave and choir with aisles, transepts without aisles, western or bell tower, north and south porches, crypt and vestry or sacristy, with the library over it.

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