¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sacristies
1. sacristy [n] - See also: sacristy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sacristies
Literary usage of Sacristies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1846)
"Under this stands an altar, which appears to have been the almost invariable
accompaniment of ancient sacristies. In this case it is a solid mass of masonry ..."
2. Church Building: A Study of the Principles of Architecture in Their Relation by Ralph Adams Cram (1901)
"In the sacristies we have rooms which in themselves are not secular apartments,
but tinged with the sanctity of the sanctuary,— a fact too often carelessly ..."
3. Church Building: A Study of the Principles of Architecture in Their Relation by Ralph Adams Cram (1901)
"In the sacristies we have rooms which in themselves are not secular apartments,
but tinged with the sanctity of the sanctuary,— a fact too often carelessly ..."
4. Church Building: A Study of the Principles of Architecture in Their Relation by Ralph Adams Cram (1914)
"In the sacristies we have rooms which in themselves are not secular apartments,
but tinged with the sanctity of the sanctuary,— a fact too often carelessly ..."
5. Henry Viii and the English Monasteries: An Attempt to Illustrate the History by Francis Aidan Gasquet (1893)
"Ancient inventories show that there were in the monastic sacristies many copes,
chasubles, and much other altar furniture, of gold and silver cloth, ..."
6. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1846)
"In thaw the sacristies may be in any convenient situation ; of course, nearer
tiie altar than otherwise. Thus at S. Alary, ..."
Other Resources:
