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/ˈsækɹɪstən/ · noun
The person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains..
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
[…] every evening as the temple was closed for the night the sacristan paused: "Pindar to supper with the god!" he cried.
The church was looked after by an old sacristan who lived in a cottage on the shore of the lake.
Use sacristan when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sacristan means The person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains..
Common synonyms include sacrist, sexton.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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
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