sacrist

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Definition of sacrist

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noun

A sacristan.

“At some unknown point during the twelfth century the problem of waking up at night at the right time to ring the bell was solved, because, in a new version of the Rule for Cistercian monks, it says that the sacrist 'roused by the sound of the clock shall ring the church bell'.”

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noun

A sacristan.

“At some unknown point during the twelfth century the problem of waking up at night at the right time to ring the bell was solved, because, in a new version of the Rule for Cistercian monks, it says that the sacrist 'roused by the sound of the clock shall ring the church bell'.”
A person retained in a cathedral to copy out music for the choir and take care of the books.

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From Late Latin sacrista.

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