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Recent Examples of sacristy
Private spaces include areas such as the pastor's office or the sacristy, a room where ritual objects are stored.
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Jason Derose, NPR, 13 July 2025
Flynn says Donald was found drinking altar wine in the sacristy, but Aloysius is sure Flynn gave it to him.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Over time, the former church’s transept became a bathroom; the sacristy a kitchen.
—Jeastman, oregonlive, 23 June 2023
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
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Jason Derose, NPR, 13 July 2025
Flynn says Donald was found drinking altar wine in the sacristy, but Aloysius is sure Flynn gave it to him.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Over time, the former church’s transept became a bathroom; the sacristy a kitchen.
—Jeastman, oregonlive, 23 June 2023
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sacristy
vestry
Noun
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Books were his friends, his family, his mode of travel, his relief from the woes of the vestry.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Dec. 2025
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Organ pipes tumble to church floor, narrowly miss music director In spring 2022, music director and organist Tyler Robertson was preparing the church's organ to show the vestry how much the instrument had deteriorated over 140 or so years, as well as to make a pitch for a new replacement.—
Aaron Valdez,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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“Sacristy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacristy. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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