"sacristan" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsækɹɪstən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sacristan.wav Forms: sacristans [plural]
Etymology: From French sacristain, Late Latin sacrista, from Latin sacer. Doublet of sexton. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|sacristain}} French sacristain, {{der|en|LL.|sacrista}} Late Latin sacrista, {{der|en|la|sacer}} Latin sacer, {{doublet|en|sexton}} Doublet of sexton Head templates: {{en-noun}} sacristan (plural sacristans)
  1. The person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains. Wikipedia link: sacristan Categories (topical): Occupations, People Related terms: sacrist, sacristry, sacristy Translations (person who maintains the sacristy): լուսարար (lusarar) (Armenian), sagristà [masculine] (Catalan), sakristan (Cebuano), sacrista [masculine] (Dutch), koster [masculine] (Dutch), suntio (Finnish), sacristain [masculine] (French), sacristaine [feminine] (French), Küster [masculine] (German), Küsterin [feminine] (German), Mesner [masculine] (German), σκευοφύλακας (skevofýlakas) [masculine] (Greek), σκευοφύλαξ (skevofýlax) [masculine] (Greek), sekrestyés (Hungarian), koster (Indonesian), sakristan (Indonesian), sacrestano [masculine] (Italian), sagrestano [masculine] (Italian), mëune [masculine] (Ladin), sēcrētārius [Mediaeval, masculine] (Latin), sacrarius (Latin), aedituus (Latin), കപ്യാർ (kapyāṟ) (Malayalam), zakrystian [masculine] (Polish), zakrystianka [feminine] (Polish), kościelny [masculine] (Polish), kościelna [feminine] (Polish), sacristan [masculine] (Romanian), ри́зничий (rízničij) [masculine] (Russian), понома́рь (ponomárʹ) [masculine] (Russian), sacristán [masculine] (Spanish), sakristan (Tagalog)

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      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "person who maintains the sacristy",
      "word": "aedituus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kapyāṟ",
      "sense": "person who maintains the sacristy",
      "word": "കപ്യാർ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who maintains the sacristy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zakrystian"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who maintains the sacristy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zakrystianka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who maintains the sacristy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kościelny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who maintains the sacristy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kościelna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who maintains the sacristy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sacristan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rízničij",
      "sense": "person who maintains the sacristy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ри́зничий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ponomárʹ",
      "sense": "person who maintains the sacristy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "понома́рь"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who maintains the sacristy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sacristán"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "person who maintains the sacristy",
      "word": "sakristan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sacristan"
}

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