sacristia

See also: sacristía

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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, 1883–1887)

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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.