How do you use Sacristan in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like sexton or caretaker, plus the exact meaning.
Sacristan in a sentence
Sacristan meaning
The person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains.
Using Sacristan
- The main meaning on this page is: The person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains.
- Useful related words include: sexton, church officer, caretaker.
- In the example corpus, sacristan often appears in combinations such as: the sacristan.
Context around Sacristan
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sacristan
- In this selection, "sacristan" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, elderly, enters, identifies and mumbles stand out and add context to how "sacristan" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include questions the sacristan and his and the elderly sacristan enters and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sacristan" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sacristan
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The elderly Sacristan enters and begins cleaning. (7 words)
The Sacristan mumbles his disapproval before leaving. (7 words)
The sacristan's entry, accompanied by his sprightly buffo theme, lifts the mood, as does the generally light-hearted colloquy with Cavaradossi which follows after the latter's entrance. (29 words)
Scarpia questions the Sacristan, and his suspicions are aroused further when he learns that Cavaradossi has been in the church; Scarpia mistrusts the painter, and believes him complicit in Angelotti's escape. (32 words)
The Sacristan identifies a likeness between the portrait and a blonde-haired woman who has been visiting the church recently (unknown to him, it is Angelotti's sister the Marchesa). (30 words)
The sacristan's entry, accompanied by his sprightly buffo theme, lifts the mood, as does the generally light-hearted colloquy with Cavaradossi which follows after the latter's entrance. (29 words)
Example sentences (5)
Scarpia questions the Sacristan, and his suspicions are aroused further when he learns that Cavaradossi has been in the church; Scarpia mistrusts the painter, and believes him complicit in Angelotti's escape.
The elderly Sacristan enters and begins cleaning.
The Sacristan identifies a likeness between the portrait and a blonde-haired woman who has been visiting the church recently (unknown to him, it is Angelotti's sister the Marchesa).
The Sacristan mumbles his disapproval before leaving.
The sacristan's entry, accompanied by his sprightly buffo theme, lifts the mood, as does the generally light-hearted colloquy with Cavaradossi which follows after the latter's entrance.
Common combinations with sacristan
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: