Noun

(en noun)

The person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains.

*1793,

And hence the custom and law began

That still at dawn the sacristan ,

Who duly pulls the heavy bell,

Five and forty beads must tell

Between each stroke

*{{quote-book, year=1932, author=

, title=Friday's Business , chapter=10 citation , passage=The church was looked after by an old sacristan who lived in a cottage on the shore of the lake.}}

Noun

(sacristanries)

The duties or position of a sacristan.