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noun, feminine

punaise de sacristie

/py.nɛz də sa.kʁis.ti/

noun, feminine/py.nɛz də sa.kʁis.ti/plural: punaises de sacristie

a Holy Mary, a zealot, a God botherer, a Jesus freak, a Bible thumper (an excessively pious woman, a woman who spends a lot of a time in the church)

Synonyms: cul-bénit, grenouille de bénitier

Literally, “vestry stinkbug”.