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sex·ton (seks′tən)

noun

a church officer or employee in charge of the maintenance of church property: duties may include ringing the church bells and digging graves in the churchyard

Etymology: ME sextein, altered < segerstane < OFr segrestain < ML sacristanus: see sacristan

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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