a room attached to a church or chapel where the sacred vessels, vestments, etc, are kept and where priests attire themselves
Word origin
C17: from Medieval Latin sacristia; see sacristan
Examples of 'sacristies' in a sentence
sacristies
Thus, sacristies, chapter rooms, archives, libraries, cloisters and accountant offices have been the main subjects of this work.
del Baño Martínez, Francisca 2008, 'Reflexiones acerca de un estudio sobre las estancias auxiliares en la arquitecturabarroca catedralicia', Panta reihttp://www.um.es/cepoat/pantarei/?p=4601. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)