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sacristan

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary
sacristan /ˈsakrəstən, ˈsækrəstən /
▸ noun
1 a person in charge of a sacristy and its contents.
2 archaic the sexton of a parish church.
– ORIGIN Middle English : from medieval Latin sacristanus, based on Latin sacer, sacr- ‘sacred’.