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sexton

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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.
[Middle English sextein, from Anglo-Latin sextnus, probably from Medieval Latin secristnus, sacristan, variant of sacristnus; see sacristan.]
sexton
Noun
a person employed to look after a church and its churchyard [Medieval Latin sacristanus sacristan]
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Noun1.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
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The farmer's wife and the sexton sat at the table, but there was no one else.
The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context
Directing the sexton to lead the horse, he walked close by the murderer's side, and in this order they reached the village about the middle of the night.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
Before long the sexton came by and saw his master, the parson, running behind three girls.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
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