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- Sexton (office) - Wikipedia
A sexton is an officer of a church, congregation, or synagogue charged with the maintenance of its buildings and or an associated graveyard In smaller places of worship, this office is often combined with that of verger [1] Larger establishments, such as cathedrals, may employ a team of sextons [2]
- SEXTON Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of SEXTON is a church officer or employee who takes care of the church property and performs related minor duties (such as ringing the bell for services and digging graves)
- Sexton | Churchwarden, Burial Rites Clergyman | Britannica
sexton, church custodian charged with keeping the church and parish buildings prepared for meetings, caring for church equipment, and performing related minor duties such as ringing the bell and digging graves
- sexton, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary
There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun sexton, one of which is labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence The trisyllabic forms (β and γ) are apparently more common in northern and Scottish texts, but not confined to these 1 An officer responsible for a church and its property, and…
- SEXTON | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
SEXTON definition: 1 a person whose job is to take care of a church building and its graveyard, and sometimes to ring… Learn more
- SEXTON Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Sexton definition: an official of a church charged with taking care of the edifice and its contents, ringing the bell, etc , and sometimes with burying the dead See examples of SEXTON used in a sentence
- sexton noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
Definition of sexton noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
- What does Sexton mean? - Definitions. net
A sexton is a church, congregation, or synagogue officer charged with the maintenance of its buildings and or the surrounding graveyard In smaller places of worship, this office is often combined with that of verger
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