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Sexton

/ˈsɛk.stən/

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

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noun

1
A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell-ringer.
2
A sexton beetle.

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Word	Definition
sacristannoun	The person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Sexton"

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Word	Definition
sacristannoun	The person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains.
beadlenoun	A parish constable, a uniformed minor (lay) official, who ushers and keeps order.
beetlenoun	Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
sixteennoun	the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one
gravekeepernoun	A graveyard attendant.
vesturernoun	The head verger of a church.
cemeteriannoun	A cemetery superintendent.
steeple keepernoun	The person responsible for the maintenance and inspection of bells, fittings and ropes in a belfry.
officiantnoun	A person who officiates at a civil (non-religious) wedding ceremony.
vergernoun	(chiefly UK, Ireland, Christianity) A lay person who takes care of the interior of a church and acts as an attendant during services, where he or she carries the verge (or virge). In the United States, the office is generally combined with that of sexton.
steeplekeepernoun	Alternative form of steeple keeper. [The person responsible for the maintenance and inspection of bells, fittings and ropes in a belfry.]
gravediggernoun	A person employed to dig graves.
church organistnoun	Someone who plays a church organ.
sexternoun	One who sexts.
autem divernoun	(idiomatic, archaic, thieves' cant) Pickpockets who practice in churches; also churchwardens and overseers of the poor.
excisemannoun	An officer employed to collect excise duty (excise tax), and to enforce excise laws.
exhumatornoun	One who exhumes or disinters.
pollinctornoun	undertaker
officiatornoun	A person who officiates.
excavatornoun	A vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc.