sacrist means A sacristan. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
noun
- A sacristan.“At some unknown point during the twelfth century the problem of waking up at night at the right time to ring the bell was solved, because, in a new version of the Rule for Cistercian monks, it says that the sacrist 'roused by the sound of the clock shall ring the church bell'.”
- A person retained in a cathedral to copy out music for the choir and take care of the books.