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The definition of a sexton is someone working for a church who takes care of church maintenance, digs graves and rings bells.

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An example of a sexton is the person who mows the lawn and does repair work at a church.

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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

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

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noun

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.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English sextein

Origin: , from Anglo-Latin sextānus

Origin: , probably from Medieval Latin secristānus, sacristan

Origin: , variant of sacristānus; see sacristan

American poet whose works, including the collections Live or Die (1966) and The Death Notebooks (1974), document her struggle with mental illness and her search for faith.

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