sexton
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sexton¹
- /ˈsɛk.stən/
Rhymes with -ɛkstən
Where it comes from
From Old French segrestien, from Medieval Latin sacristanus, based on Latin sacer (“sacred”). Doublet of sacristan.
noun sextons
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A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell ringer.
The whole village poured out to gaze on these Asiatic princes, for such the old sexton, who had in his youth been at Moscow and Constantinople, said they were.
Similar: sacristan
- A sexton beetle.
Sexton²
- /ˈsɛk.stən/
Rhymes with -ɛkstən
proper noun Sextons · Sexson
- A surname originating as an occupation.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sacristan, beadle, beetle, sixteen, gravekeeper, vesturer, cemeterian, steeple keeper, officiant, verger, steeplekeeper, gravedigger, church organist, sexter, autem diver, exciseman
Translations
Every language
noun church official
| Español | sacristán |
|---|---|
| Português | sacristão |
| Français | sacristain, sacriste |
| Deutsch | Küster, Küsterin, Sigristin, Kirchendiener, Kirchendienerin |
| Italiano | sagrestano, sacrestano |
| Ελληνικά | νεωκόρος neokóros, εκκλησάρης ekklisáris |
| Română | paracliser, sacristan, pălămar |
| Русский | понома́рь ponomárʹ, церко́вный сто́рож cerkóvnyj stórož, ри́зничий rízničij |
Talk about this word "sexton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sexton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sexton. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sexton "sexton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sexton.Cite this
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title = {sexton},
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