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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.

Definition 2024

Sexton

Sexton

See also: sexton

English

Proper noun

Sexton

  1. An occupational surname​.

sexton

sexton

See also: Sexton

English

Noun

sexton ‎(plural sextons)

  1. A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell-ringer.

Synonyms

Translations

Swedish

Swedish cardinal numbers
 <  15 16 17  > 
    Cardinal : sexton
    Ordinal : sextonde

Etymology

From Old Swedish sæxtan, siæxtān, from Old Norse sextán, from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛksˌtɔn/

Numeral

sexton

  1. (cardinal) sixteen

Related terms

Etymology

From Old French segrestien, from Medieval Latin sacristanus, based on Latin sacer ‎(“sacred”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛkstən/
  • Hyphenation: sex‧ton

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