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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1450-1500
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Sacristy, Sucaristé, n. [Med. L. sacristia, OF sacrestie (1339 in Godef. Compl.), 17th c. e.m.E.] The repository for the vestments and sacred vessels in a church. Also fig. — 1450 Aberd. B. Rec. MS V ii p. 758 (2 Nov.).
Duncane of Clat dene of gilde present in the courte the sucariste of siluer quhilk Thoman goldsmyth had in making to the making of the quhilk sucariste the forsaid Duncane deliuerit iiijxxiij vnce of siluer —fig. a1500 Rois Garlandis 410.
Thy fair virgin body the quhilk wes the chaist chalmer of the Trinite, the trone of the sone of God, and the sacristy of the Haly Gaist
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