sexton
See also: Sexton
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French segrestien, from Medieval Latin sacristanus, based on Latin sacer (“sacred”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sexton (plural sextons)
- A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell-ringer.
- A sexton beetle.
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TranslationsEdit
church official
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SwedishEdit
< 15 | 16 | 17 > |
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Cardinal : sexton Ordinal : sextonde | ||
EtymologyEdit
From Old Swedish sæxtan, siæxtān, from Old Norse sextán, from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun.
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
sexton