sacrist
sacrist noun: a sacristan.
Noun
sacrist (plural sacrists)
- A sacristan.
- At some unknown point during the twelfth century the problem of waking up at night at the right time to ring the bell was solved, because, in a new version of the Rule for Cistercian monks, it says that the sacrist 'roused by the sound of the clock shall ring the church bell'.1978, James Burke, Connections, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, pages 128-129
- A person retained in a cathedral to copy out music for the choir and take care of the books.
sacrist meaning in Tamil
sacrist in Tamil
- திருக்கல நாயகம், மடம்
Forms of sacrist
| plural | sacrists |
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Origin of sacrist
From Late Latin sacrista.
Words formed from sacrist
Questions about sacrist
- What does sacrist mean?
- Sacrist means a sacristan.
- What is sacrist in Tamil?
- Sacrist in Tamil is திருக்கல நாயகம், மடம். See Sacrist meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sacrist?
- Sacrist is a noun.
- What is the plural of sacrist?
- The plural of sacrist is sacrists.
Words near sacrist in the dictionary
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