(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:49:02

Sac"ris*tan (?), n. [F. sacristian, LL. sacrista, fr. L. sacer. See Sacred, and cf. Sexton.]

An officer of the church who has the care of the utensils or movables, and of the church in general; a sexton.

 

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