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- noun Plural form of
sacristy .
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Examples
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With the help of parish priests they gathered blood samples, often in sacristies after Sunday mass.
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With the help of parish priests they gathered blood samples, often in sacristies after Sunday mass.
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To this day sacristies are full of it and much continues in regular use.
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(As regards the mention of the Italian Ministry of the Interior, apparently the contents of the sacristies of Italy have been the property of the Italian state since 1870.)
Roman Exhibition Showcases Significant and Historical Vestments 2009
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Archbishop Tlaghale encouraged the practice of priests praying with altar-servers in the sacristy before and after Mass, but regretted that some sacristies are like a market place.
Archive 2009-04-12 Esther 2009
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Archbishop Tlaghale encouraged the practice of priests praying with altar-servers in the sacristy before and after Mass, but regretted that some sacristies are like a market place.
SOUTH AFRICA: Prelate Concerned by Poor Eucharistic Practice Esther 2009
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The Supreme Court Under God has ordered that the 10 Commandments be displayed wherever 'sin might raise its seductive head': bars, clubs, gyms, swimming pools, corporate mail-rooms, multiplexes, secluded beaches, public rest-rooms, motel check-ins and Catholic sacristies.
Tony Hendra: The Christian Right? Their Christ Is No Christian 2008
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In some of our towns the holy foreskin has been borne in procession, and it is preserved yet in certain sacristies without this piece of drollery causing the least disturbance in families.
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Yet how many sacristies are there where you still find pieces of the
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There were rooms like this on three sides of the Temple; they always looked to me like sacristies.
The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1774-1824 1954
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