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sexton::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sacristan |
| Type of | caretaker, church officer |
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | anne sexton |
Examples of sexton
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Kent Goble is the sexton and volunteer caretaker of the Pleasant Green Cemetery.
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Some of the stones date back to the 1800s, cemetery sexton Paula Zollinger said.
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From the mid-1970s until 1990, he was a sexton for the Harris Township Cemetery.
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Sexton instead devised an entire class, and made it available to undergraduates.
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Sexton, 25, is sharp, positive and will be a key man at the Millennium Stadium.
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Sexton is nailed on for the Test team, but for the bench it might have changed.
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Sexton is also a fly-half who needs the ball in his hands as quickly as possible.
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Sexton is Brown's deputy at the museum and president of the Old Guard Foundation.
From the sacbee.com
That will enable the sexton to spend more time on upkeep and handling burials.
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- United States poet (1928-1974)
- An officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects
- The 25pdr SP, tracked, Sexton was a self-propelled artillery vehicle of World War II, based on an American tank hull design, built by Canada for the British Army, and associated Commonwealth forces, and some of the other Allies.
- A sexton is a church, congregation or synagogue officer charged with the maintenance of its buildings and/or the surrounding graveyard.
- Sexton is a surname.
- A church official who looks after a church and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell-ringer
- An older English title for the person in charge of the church building [or a special portion of it] and grounds; in America the Sexton is also commonly head of maintenance and custodial services and may perform additional duties such as ringing the church bell.
- An attendant or care-taker in a church building, usually with care of the attached burying ground. Black's Law Dictionary.
- An officer of a church who rings a church bell, attends the clergyman, digs graves, etc.
