sacristia
Portuguese, noun/sa.kɾisˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/
sacristia is spelled S-A-C-R-I-S-T-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 46,725th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sacristia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sacristy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cômodo de uma igreja onde se guardam objetos sagrados e vestimentas”.
What does sacristia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesacristy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cômodo de uma igreja onde se guardam objetos sagrados e vestimentas
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sacristia
- sacristias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sacristia?
- Brazil /sa.kɾisˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/
- /sa.kɾiʃˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/
- Portugal /sa.kɾiʃˈti.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sacristia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sacristia in Portuguese?
sacristia appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).