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Webster 1913 Edition

Sexton

Sex′ton

,
Noun.
[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.
Sexton beetle
(Zool.)
,
a burying beetle.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sexton

SEX'TON

,
Noun.
[contracted from sacristan, which see.] An under officer of the church, whose buiness is to take care of the vessels, vestments, &c. belonging to the church, to attend on the officiating clergyman and perform other duties pertaining to the church, to dig graves, &c.

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