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Sexton \Sex"ton\, n. [OE. sextein, contr. fr. sacristan.]
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.
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Sexton beetle (Zool.), a burying beetle.
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Sexton
n 1: United States poet (1928-1974) [syn: Sexton, {Anne
Sexton}]

2: an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects
[syn: sexton, sacristan]
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sexton [sekstən]
Kirchendiener; Küster

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sexton

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sekrestyés
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sexton
sixteen

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sexton

Kirchendiener m
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39 Moby Thesaurus words for "sexton":
Bible clerk, Bible reader, acolyte, almoner, anagnost, beadle,
bedral, capitular, capitulary, choir chaplain, churchwarden, clerk,
deacon, deaconess, elder, elderman, embalmer, funeral director,
gravedigger, lay elder, lay reader, lector, lecturer, mortician,
parish clerk, precentor, reader, ruling elder, sacrist, sacristan,
shames, sidesman, succentor, suisse, teaching elder, thurifer,
undertaker, verger, vergeress



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