sacristy

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman sacrestie, from Medieval Latin sacristia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

sacristy (plural sacristies)

1. A room in a church where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc. are kept. Sometimes also used by clergy to prepare for worship or for meetings.

Synonyms

• vestry

Translations

room in a church

• Bulgarian: ризница f (riznica)
• Catalan: sagristia f
• Czech: sakristie (cs) f
• Danish: sakristi (da) n
• Dutch: sacristie (nl) f
• Faroese: skrúðrúm n
• Finnish: sakaristo
• French: sacristie (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Sakristei (de) f
• Greek: σκευοφυλάκιο (el) n (skevofylákio)
• Hungarian: sekrestye (hu)
• Indonesian: sakristi (id)
• Italian: sagrestia (it) f
• Ladin: jegher m
• Latin: sacrārium n
• Macedonian: сакри́стија f (sakrístija), ри́зница f (ríznica), ѓа́коник m (ǵákonik)
• Polish: zakrystia (pl) f
• Portuguese: sacristia (pt) f
• Romanian: sacristie (ro)
• Russian: сакристия (ru) f (sakristija)
• Slovak: sakristia f
• Slovene: zakristija (sl)
• Spanish: sacristía (es) f
• Swedish: sakristia (sv) c
• Tagalog: sakristiya
• Welsh: cysegrfa f