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the backstage of holiness, where God's wardrobe hangs and priests become priests.
means A room in a church, usually near the altar, where the sacred vessels, vestments, and other items used in worship are kept and where the clergy prepare for services.
from From Medieval Latin sacristia, built on sacer, "sacred" — the same root that gives us sacred, sacrifice, and sacrament. It's literally "the place of holy things," and from the same family came the sacristan, the keeper of those things, whose name eventually wore down into the humbler English sexton.
- name origin
- From Latin sacer, meaning sacred or holy
- vesting room
- Clergy robe up here before processions
- sacred storage
- Guards chalices, relics, and consecrated treasures
- sacrarium
- Special sink draining straight into the earth
- keymaster
- The sacristan rules this hidden room
for instance
vatican basilica sacristy — sacristy in saint peter's basilica where papal vestments and ceremonial items are stored