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Sacristy

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sacristy
a room attached to a church or chapel where the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., are kept and where priests attire themselves

sacristy
sacristy
A room in a church, near the chancel, where the robes and altar vessels are stored, where the clergy vest themselves for services, and where some business of the church may be done; usually a single room, but sometimes a very large one.

Sacristy 

a room in a Catholic church, located north or south of the choir, where sacred utensils are kept, priests don their vestments, and some rites are performed. There are also sacristies in the form of freestanding buildings.



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Dead men's bones, arranged in rows, like bricks, to form the first course upon which the walls of the sacristy had been built.
" murmured D'Artagnan; "I am unlucky;" and whilst he was lost in thought Bazin retreated toward the sacristy, and even there he could not think himself safe until he had shut and locked the door behind him.
With large gestures and in the emphatic tone which made what he said so striking, Athelny described to Philip the Spanish cathedrals with their vast dark spaces, the massive gold of the altar-pieces, and the sumptuous iron-work, gilt and faded, the air laden with incense, the silence: Philip almost saw the Canons in their short surplices of lawn, the acolytes in red, passing from the sacristy to the choir; he almost heard the monotonous chanting of vespers.
 
 
 
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