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sacristan

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sacristan /ˈsakrɪst(ə)n /
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.