sacristán
See also: sacristan
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Medieval Latin sacristānus, from sacrista (“servant of god, member of a religious community in charge of vestments, ornaments and vessels”), from Latin sacrī (“sacred”) + Late Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsacristán m (plural sacristanes, feminine sacristana, feminine plural sacristanas)
- sexton
- Synonym: sepulturero
- sacristan
- Synonym: sacrista
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “sacristán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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