Soon after a second Church of St. Mary was built by the sacrist at the south-west corner of the abbey cemetery.
The endowment of the early Chantry of Hugh of Wells, at Lincoln, was held by the sacrist who, out of its L21 6s.
He consequently orders that it be made known to the sacrist that all burials may at his discretion, "in the time of this mortality, be made in the said cemetery of St. Oswald.
He tells his crime, and renounces his rights in the kingdom; and then, in that dark church, he strips to his shirt and offers his clothes to the sacrist for his fee.
The sub-sacrist was the first that rushed to the door, and threw it wide open and called upon a crowd of men without to come in and speak to the Lord Abbat.
But the true English members of the house did not share in this pain and humiliation, for the sub-sacrist and every one of them that was a good Saxon had gone off with Lord Hereward more than an hour before.
August 9 of that year the sacrist raised the question as to the proper interment of Samson "of venerable memory.
In 1198, when the body of St. Edmund was examined, Hugh was present, and is described as sacrist (see p.
So that when the servants of the sacrist came thither, they found nothing to be pulled down.
Therefore the abbot, in the first place, named the sacrist, whom he well knew to be infirm and insufficient, as the sacrist himself testified with an oath.
Tolinus the sacrist commented severely on the occurrence, and on the third day at sunset Herman died.
Whereupon the trembling dean had the mill pulled down himself, so that when the servants of the sacrist came to the spot, they found their work already done for them (90).
Godefridus the sacrist a man "of almost gigantic stature, great in body but greater still in mind.
Chapel of St. Andrew was for the most part built and finished by the sacrist Hugo under Samson, and seems to have been then connected with the infirmary (iii.
Yet during the vacancy, the sacrist neither satisfied any debt nor erected any building, but the oblations and incomings were foolishly frittered away.
Sacrist (an Act obtained in 1811 by Dean Legge had constituted the Sacrist the real incumbent of the church).
In the same year, however, the Dean, Prebendaries, and Sacrist filed a bill in Chancery against Leveson and the Earl for the recovery of the property.
In Protestant times the daily services were performed by the sacrist and the readers, the prebendaries officiating on Sundays in rotation, according to a set cycle.
The dean and the prebends had special seats or stalls in the choir of the church; the sacrist had no stall, neither had he any voice in the chapter.
The sacrist was also a cleric, but his duties were more generally concerned with the college establishment.
The sacrist alone opposed his election on account of his birth and also because he squinted, and predicted all manner of evils to the monastery if he were elected Abbot.
The sacrist Egwin was much distressed at the loss of this his greatest treasure, and prayed that he might see the body brought back.
But in the twelfth century, when Ralph Breton gave money to Rochester Cathedral Priory for a bell, in memory of his brother, the sacrist sent a broken bell up to London to be recast.
So here is our Sacrist paying the expenses of William Colchester, namely, 13s.
But the Sacrist has something to enter on the other side, an offering of L2 from the Countess of March, the lady who craved the aid of the girdle.
On the sides are the initials of Ralph Whitechurch, sacrist of the Abbey.
William de Hoo was sacrist and prior at the beginning of the thirteenth century, a most active builder, who rebuilt the choir and aisles, using much of the old Norman work.
Not so thesacrist and cellarer, who cried "Charter!
I was myself at Caversham at the time of these occurrences, and it was not long after that I became sub-sacrist in our abbey, and did build at mine own cost a new rood-loft in the church.
William the Sacrist voluntarily retired, two of the five were struck out by command of the King, and, ultimately, one out of the remaining three.
This being assented to, William the Sacrist said, "Our prior ought to be nominated because he is our head," which was directly allowed.
The prior said, "William the Sacrist is a good man"; the like was said of Dennis, and that was settled.
We are told that the Sacrist himself provided gold florins to be turned into leaf by "Ralph le goldbeter.
And I saw the sacrist come oot at the door o' the astronomical tooer jist afore the Hielanman turned the neuk o' 't.
True, he would only have had to send for the sacrist to rescue him; but here was an atonement for the insult, offered by one of the students themselves.
I have only to ring this bell and the sacrist will be here.
As one amongst the many minor duties of his office, the sacrist had each Sunday to obtain from the cellarer the platter of salt to be blessed for the holy water.
Upon the sacrist was specially enjoined the necessary virtue of cleanliness.
To light up the dormitory and church cloister, the sacrist had to rise before the others were called for Matins, so that all might be in readiness for the beginning of the service.
When more light was needed the sacrist found tallow or wax candles for particular purposes.
Meanwhile the sacrist had fetched the book of the Gospels with some solemnity from the altar, and had placed it on the desk, where the cantor was waiting to find the proper place.
In any case the sacrist and his assistant had to be up betimes and before the others, for, as has been already said, they had to see that the lights were lit on the stairs and in "le standards" in the church.
In winter, after the evening Collation, the sacrist waited in the chapter-room after the community, standing aside and bowing as they passed out.
For each monk-guest the master got from the sacrist four candles, and the chamberlain found the tallow for the cressets in the guest-house.
Another function of the sacrist was the care of the cemetery where the dead brethren were laid to their last rest.
Moreover, the sacrist had to furnish the two candles for the abbot's Mass, and to give a certain specified amount of wax to each of the community to make their candles.
Sometimes the sub-sacrist was charged with the ringing of a small bell, as he passed rapidly down the passage between the monks' beds or cubicles.
These were graven on waxen tablets, the writing on which could easily be changed, and for making and repairing of which the sacrist had to furnish the wax.
The keeper is to receive from the sacrist an annual salary of ten pounds, and four yards of woollen cloth to make him a gown and hood.
He then strips himself to his shirt, and gives up his clothing to the sacrist as his fee.
There was often a sub-sacrist to assist the sacrist in his duties.
I acquaint Mr. Sacrist Schmidt, 2ndly, that those who want to be kept warm may buy wood.
The Sacrist or Sexton of the Priory of Norwich was the officer who had the care of Sacra, or Holy Things, as the Church Plate, Copes, etc.
Secretary, Auditor, and Chancellor of the Convent, and had a Sub-sacrist or Deputy to perform the servile parts of his office.
The sacristat Peterborough was excused from attendance in quire save on certain festivals.
The sacristhad control of the clock, bells, lights and ornaments of the church.
On the south side were the chapter-house and the cells occupied by the sacrist and prior; while the frater occupied the south-west angle of the court.
He was a monk of the house, and while sacrist had erected the Bell-tower and given two bells.
It is recorded that the new work had been roofed and leaded by the sacrist Radulfus de Ros and the prior Helias.
We are told that all this work, begun by Richard de Eastgate, was almost finished by Thomas de Mepeham, who became sacrist in 1255.
Within the first half of the thirteenth century, but certainly several years later than the entry into the choir, further great works were begun by the monk and sacrist Richard de Eastgate.
The sacrist held up the crackling yellow parchment with swinging leaden seals on which the claim was based.
As Nigel was lifted up by four stout archers, the Dame Ermyntrude would have rushed to his aid, but the sacrist thrust her back.
At their head were the gaunt sacrist of Waverley and a stout elderly man clad in a red velvet doublet and breeches much stained and mottled with mud and clay.
When the sacrist here took it for a fifty-shilling debt he made his own bargain and must abide by it.
It was thesacrist who first advanced to the oaken desk reserved for the witnesses and expounded in hard, dry, mechanical fashion the many claims which the House, of Waverley had against the family of Loring.
I have a present here for every girl in Tilford, and my father need never fear the frown of the sacrist of Waverley again.
His pride is as stubborn as the horse's, holy father," the sacrist answered, his gaunt fact breaking into a malicious smile.
It is that gray lean wolf of a sacrist who hungers for our land.
Even the grim sacrist could not but join the cheer, as Pommers, amazed to find the rider still upon his back, plunged and curveted down the field.
I fear that honor will not help him to pay his arrears of rent to the sacrist of Waverley," said Aylward.
And so it was that some belated monks of Waverley passing homeward from the outer farms saw a strange sight which they carried on with them so that it reached that very night the ears both of sacrist and of Abbot.
The sacrist spoke aloud amid the tittering of the monks, for the man concerned was out of earshot.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sacrist" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
