sacristia

See also: sacristía

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /saˈkris.ti.a/, [saˈkrɪs.ti.a]

Noun

sacristia f (genitive sacristiae); first declension

1. vestry

Inflection

First declension.

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

• English: sacristy
• French: sacristie
• Polish: zakrystia
• Portuguese: sacristia

References

• du Cange, Charles (1883), “sacristia”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre

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Portuguese

sacristia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sa.kɾiʃ.ˈti.ɐ/
• Hyphenation: sa‧cris‧ti‧a

Noun

sacristia f (plural sacristias)

1. sacristy.