Sexton

Sex·ton  (skstn), Anne 1928-1974.

American poet whose works, including the collections Live or Die (1966) and The Death Notebooks (1974), document her struggle with mental illness and her search for faith.

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sex·ton  (skstn)

n.

An employee or officer of a church who is responsible for the care and upkeep of church property and sometimes for ringing bells and digging graves.

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[Middle English sextein, from Anglo-Latin sextnus, probably from Medieval Latin secristnus, sacristan, variant of sacristnus; see sacristan.]

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sexton [ˈsɛkstən]

n

1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a person employed to act as caretaker of a church and its contents and graveyard, and often also as bell-ringer, gravedigger, etc.

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for the burying beetle

[from Old French secrestein, from Medieval Latin sacristānus sacristan]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Sexton - United States poet (1928-1974) Anne Sexton
	2.	sexton - an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects sacristan caretaker - a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person) church officer - a church official

Translations

sexton [ˈsekstən] N → sacristán m

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sexton

n → Küster m

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sexton [ˈsɛkst/ən] n → sagrestano

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sexton [ˈsɛkst/ən] n → sagrestano

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sexton

n sexton [ˈsekstən]

a person who looks after a church and often is responsible for bellringing etc. koster قَنْدَلَفْت клисар kostelník kirketjener der Künstler νεωκόρος sacristán kirikuteener خادم كليسا suntio sacristain שַמַש כְּנֵסִיָה गिरजादार crkvenjak, zvonar sekrestyés, egyházfi penjaga gereja kirkjuþjónn sagrestano 寺男 교회지기 zakristijonas ķesteris penjaga gereja koster kirketjener kościelny sacristão paracliser пономарь; церковный сторож kostolník cerkovnik crkvenjak kyrkvaktmästare ผู้รักษาโบสถ์ มีหน้าที่ขุดหลุมฝังศพ kilise çancısı, zangoç 教堂司事 церковний сторож; паламар گرجا اور اس کے ملحق قبرستان کا چوکیدار người trông nom nhà thờ 教堂司事