sacristán

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sacristānus, from sacrista (“servant of god, member of a religious community in charge of vestments, ornaments and vessels”), from Latin sacrī (“sacred”) + Late Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs).

• IPA^(key): /sakɾisˈtan/ [sa.kɾisˈt̪ãn]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: sa‧cris‧tán

sacristán m (plural sacristanes, feminine sacristana, feminine plural sacristanas)

1. sexton

   Synonym: sepulturero

2. sacristan

   Synonym: sacrista

• “sacristán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024