
Sacristan
WordNet
noun
(1) An officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects
WiktionaryText
Noun
Quotations
- 1793, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Christabel
- 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