‖ diaˈconicon Eccl. Antiq. and Mod. Gr. Ch.
Also in Lat. form diaconicum.
[Gr. διᾱκονικόν, neut. adj. pertaining to a deacon, f. διάκονος a servant, a deacon.]
A building or room adjoining the church, where vestments, ornaments, and other things used in the church service are kept; a sacristy, a vestry.
| 1727–51 Chambers Cycl., Diaconicon, Sacristy, a place adjoining to the antient churches, where the sacred vestments, with the vessels, and other ornaments of the altar, were preserved. 1794 Archæol. XI. 331 Thus, among the Greeks, is always placed the sacristy, or diaconicon. 1850 Neale East. Ch. I. i. ii. 191 On the opposite side of the bema was the diaconicon or sacristy. 1876 in Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. s.v. |