"sexton" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛk.stən/ Audio: en-au-sexton.ogg Forms: sextons [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛkstən Etymology: From Old French segrestien, from Medieval Latin sacristanus, based on Latin sacer (“sacred”). Doublet of sacristan. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|segrestien}} Old French segrestien, {{der|en|ML.|sacristanus}} Medieval Latin sacristanus, {{der|en|la|sacer||sacred}} Latin sacer (“sacred”), {{doublet|en|sacristan}} Doublet of sacristan Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Translations (church official): եկեղեցու պահակ (ekeġecʻu pahak) (Armenian), ժամկոչ (žamkočʻ) (english: bell ringer) (Armenian), գերեզմանափոր (gerezmanapʻor) (english: gravedigger) (Armenian), царко́ўны вартаўні́к (carkóŭny vartaŭník) [masculine] (Belarusian), клиса́р (klisár) [masculine] (Bulgarian), sagristà [masculine] (Catalan), kostelník [masculine] (Czech), koster [masculine] (Dutch), suntio (Finnish), sacristain [masculine] (French), sacriste [masculine] (French), bedaou [masculine] (Gallo), Küster [masculine] (German), Küsterin [feminine] (German), Sigrist [Switzerland, masculine] (German), Sigristin [feminine] (German), Kirchendiener [masculine] (German), Kirchendienerin [feminine] (German), νεωκόρος (neokóros) [masculine] (Greek), εκκλησάρης (ekklisáris) [masculine] (Greek), sekrestyés (Hungarian), ponomari (Ingrian), cléireach [masculine] (Irish), sagrestano [masculine] (Italian), sacrestano [masculine] (Italian), sēcrētārius [Mediaeval, masculine] (Latin), кли́сар (klísar) [masculine] (Macedonian), при́служник (príslužnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), കപ്യാർ (kapyāṟ) (Malayalam), klokker [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sakristan [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), klokkar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), zakrystian [masculine] (Polish), sacristão [masculine] (Portuguese), paracliser [masculine] (Romanian), sacristan [masculine] (Romanian), pălămar [masculine, regional] (Romanian), понома́рь (ponomárʹ) [masculine] (Russian), церко́вный сто́рож (cerkóvnyj stórož) [masculine] (Russian), crkvenjak [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sakristan [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kostolník [masculine] (Slovak), cerkovnik [masculine] (Slovene), mežnar [masculine] (Slovene), sacristán [masculine] (Spanish), kyrkvaktmästare [common-gender] (Swedish), zangoç (Turkish), clochydd (bellringer) [masculine] (Welsh), torrwr beddau (english: gravedigger) [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sexton-en-noun-kd3M76Ti Disambiguation of Occupations: 66 34 Disambiguation of People: 98 2 Disambiguation of 'church official': 99 1
  2. A sexton beetle. Categories (lifeform): Staphylinoid beetles
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sacristan Derived forms: sextonry, sextonship, Sleeping Sexton

Inflected forms

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      "word": "понома́рь"
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      "roman": "cerkóvnyj stórož",
      "sense": "church official",
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