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Definition of Sacristans
1. sacristan [n] - See also: sacristan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sacristans
Literary usage of Sacristans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaça and Batalha by William Beckford (1835)
"Tide of Monks, sacristans, Novices, &c.—Our Departure—Wild Road.—Redoubled kindness
of my Reception by the Lord Abbot, and why. ..."
2. Sacred Archæology: A Popular Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Art and by Mackenzie Edward Charles Walcott (1868)
"... and in succession those of sacristans, bishops, priests, sovereigns, and soldiers.
Saints were also included; and for convenience a single volume ..."
3. Russia, Past and Present: Adapted from the German of Lankenau and Oelnitz by Henrietta M. Chester (1881)
"CHAPTER V. The Russian Church—Cathedrals—The Black Clergy—The White Clergy—Deacons,
sacristans, &c.—Monasteries—The Nicene Creed the Authoritative ..."
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