Definition of sexton Sexton
/sɛˈkstʌn/ - [sekstun] - sex•ton
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NounPlural: sextons |
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| sexton - an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects | ||
| sacristan | ||
| church officer a church official | ||
| sexton - United States poet (1928-1974) | ||
| Anne Sexton | ||
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- sexton (Noun)
A church official who looks after a church and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell-ringer.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sexton (n.)
An under officer of a church, whose business is to take care of the church building and the vessels, vestments, etc., belonging to the church, to attend on the officiating clergyman, and to perform other duties pertaining to the church, such as to dig graves, ring the bell, etc.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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seks′tun, n. an officer who has charge of a church, attends the clergyman, digs graves, &c.: a burying-beetle.—ns. Sex′ton-bee′tle, a coleopterous insect of the genus Necrophorus; Sex′tonship, the office of a sexton. [A corr. of sacristan.]
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🔤- sexton, noun, singular of sextons.
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