sacristy
noun
an apartment in or a building connected with a church or a religious house, in which the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., are kept.
sacristies
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pluralof sacristy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The sounds of “Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hal-le-lu-jah!” echoed around the sacristies and the nave.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2019
When he died in 1614 his fame was already on the wane, and soon his greatest paintings were tucked away in dim sacristies and behind altars.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of our newspapers' slogans," snapped Father Narciso Saguer Vilar of San Ildefonso's Church, "is that we priests should only preach the Gospel and stay closed in our sacristies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eyes that came to life in the moonblaze of sacristies and witnessed the birth of the world struggled to open against the priest’s grip.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
They had their sacristies and cemeteries; their farms; their professors and doctors; their schools.
From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by John Henry Cardinal Newman
