A sexton is an officer of a church, congregation, or synagogue charged with the maintenance of its buildings and/or an associated cemetery 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] historically in north america and the united kingdom the sexton was sometimes a minor. A person whose job is to take care of a church building and its graveyard, and sometimes to ring… 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 typically occurs about 0.3 times per million words in modern written english Sexton is in frequency band 4, which contains words occurring between 0.1 and 1 times per million words in modern written english. Sexton synonyms, sexton pronunciation, sexton translation, english dictionary definition of sexton An employee or officer of a church who is responsible for the care and upkeep of church property and sometimes for ringing bells and digging graves. Definition of sexton noun in oxford advanced learner's dictionary
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