sexton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell ringer.
A sexton beetle.

name

/ˈsɛk.stən/ en-au-sexton.ogg

sexton sextons Sexson

From Old French segrestien, from Medieval Latin sacristanus, based on Latin sacer (“sacred”). Doublet of sacristan.

sacristan

sacrament sacredness sacristanry sacristry sacristy churchwarden

Sexton sextoncy sextoness sextonry sextonship Sleeping Sexton undersexton Sextonian

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