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sacristan

Meaningsacred

Common meaning: person responsible for church objects and preparations

Journey through time

  1. Latinsacer‘sacred’source
  2. Late Latinsacristanussource
  3. Frenchmeaning shiftssacred → church officersacristain‘church officer’source
  4. Englishsacristan‘person responsible for church objects and preparations’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin sacer ‘sacred’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry SACRISTAN, p. 522 · dictionary scan

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