sacristan
Vestry room keeper
A sacristan is a person responsible for the care of a church's sacred objects and the preparation of services.
The role involves maintaining vestments, altar linens, and ceremonial vessels, as well as setting up for Mass or other worship.
The sacristan arrived early to prepare the sanctuary for the Easter vigil.
Church building caretaker
- vergerChurch attendant with staff
- altarSacred ritual table
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
- chaliceOrnate ritual drinking vessel
paten · censer · tabernacle · sanctuary · linen · candles · missal · lectionary
Ceremonial religious attire
- chaliceOrnate ritual drinking vessel
- patenEucharistic bread dish
- censerVessel for burning aromatics
- monstranceVessel displaying consecrated host
cruets · candles · missal · lectionary · reliquary · tabernacle · corporal · chasuble
One who performs sacraments
- deaconJunior clergy member
- vicarClergy substitute for bishop
- rectorParish clergy chief
- curateSelect and present thoughtfully
chaplain · minister · pastor · parson · bishop · canon · verger · churchwarden
Place of Christian worship
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- naveChurch's main interior
- vestryChurch robing chamber
- chapelSmall worship room
cathedral · parish · altar · apse · chancel · transept · narthex · cloister
One entrusted with access
- caretakerOne who maintains property
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
- stewardManager for another
- keeperOne who guards
warden · custodian · overseer · attendant · groundskeeper · maintenance · chamberlain · safekeeping
sexton
Church building caretaker
chalice · paten · censer · tabernacle · sanctuary · linen · candles · missal · lectionary · reliquary
vestments
Ceremonial religious attire
monstrance · cruets · candles · missal · lectionary · reliquary · tabernacle · corporal · chasuble · stole
priest
One who performs sacraments
curate · chaplain · minister · pastor · parson · bishop · canon · verger · churchwarden · acolyte
church
Place of Christian worship
chapel · cathedral · parish · altar · apse · chancel · transept · narthex · cloister · font
keyholder
One entrusted with access
- caretakerOne who maintains property
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
- stewardManager for another
keeper · warden · custodian · overseer · attendant · groundskeeper · maintenance · chamberlain · safekeeping · inventory
- Catholic ChurchVatican, papacy, cardinals, popes, papal
- Catholic rolesabbess, abbot, friar, monsignor, confessor
- church helpersacolyte, altar boy, altar server, server, verger
- church rolesbishop, deacons, priest, pastor, lay readers
- church staffpastor, altar boy, parish priest, senior pastor, associate pastor
- church volunteersusher, greeter, lector, reader, altar server
sacristanjanitor
Building cleaner and maintainer
custodian · caretaker · building superintendent · groundskeeper · museum curator
sacristanpope
Catholic Church's supreme leader
bishop · clergy · archbishop · cardinal · prelate
sacristandesecrator
One who violates sanctity
iconoclast · defiler · profaner · vandal · blasphemer