sacristia

See also: sacristía

Latin

Etymology

From sacrista (“sacristan, vestryman”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /saˈkris.ti.a/, [s̠äˈkrɪs̠t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /saˈkris.ti.a/, [säˈkrist̪iä]

Noun

sacristia f (genitive sacristiae); first declension

1. vestry

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sacristia	sacristiae
Genitive	sacristiae	sacristiārum
Dative	sacristiae	sacristiīs
Accusative	sacristiam	sacristiās
Ablative	sacristiā	sacristiīs
Vocative	sacristia	sacristiae

Related terms

• sacer
• sacrista

Descendants

• Catalan: sagristia
• English: sacristy
• French: sacristie
• Galician: sancristía
• Italian: sagrestia
• Polish: zakrystia
• Portuguese: sacristia
• Spanish: sacristía

References

• sacristia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Portuguese

sacristia

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin sacristia, from sacer (“sacred, holy”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.kɾisˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.kɾisˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /sa.kɾiʃˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.kɾisˈt͡ʃi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ.kɾiʃˈti.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: sa‧cris‧ti‧a

Noun

sacristia f (plural sacristias)

1. sacristy