as in vestry
a room in a church building for sacred furnishings (as vestments) our choir robes were stored in the sacristy

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Recent Examples of sacristy In Chicago, the show focuses on El Greco’s early Toledo years using the Assumption and the Trinity, the anchors of his first big success, and The Disrobing of Christ, from 1580, a midsize replica of his Disrobing of Christ from 1577–79 now in the sacristy of the cathedral in Toledo. Brian T. Allen, National Review, 15 Aug. 2020 Only the original kitchen, new bathrooms and former sacristy had four walls. Dallas News, 17 Feb. 2023 A decade later, their reporting was vindicated by the Argentine forensic team’s findings, which included the skeletal remains of at least a hundred and forty-three bodies in the town’s church sacristy. Peter Canby, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2021 Moreno helps restore the mission's sacristy, a room where the priests prepare for services and that holds items used for worship. Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 7 Dec. 2022 See all Example Sentences for sacristy 

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“Sacristy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacristy. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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