sacristy

3 definitions found

sacristy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sacristy \Sac"ris*ty\, n.; pl. Sacristies. [F. sacristie, LL.
     sacristia, fr. L. sacer. See Sacred.]
     An apartment in a church where the sacred utensils,
     vestments, etc., are kept; a vestry.
     [1913 Webster]

sacristy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sacristy
      n 1: a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are
           kept or meetings are held [syn: vestry, sacristy]

sacristy - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "sacristy":
     Easter sepulcher, ambry, apse, baptistery, blindstory, chancel,
     choir, cloisters, confessional, confessionary, crypt, diaconicon,
     diaconicum, nave, porch, presbytery, rood loft, rood stair,
     rood tower, sacrarium, transept, triforium, vestry