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sacristy (n.)
"repository for sacred things," especially an apartment in a church or monastery in which sacred utensils and ceremonial vestments are kept, mid-15c., from Anglo-French sacrestie, from Medieval Latin sacrista, from Latin sacer "sacred" (see sacred). Vulgarly contracted as sextry. Earlier was sacrarie (late 14c.) from Old French sacrarie and directly from Latin sacrarium.
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