Sexton
41sexton — Synonyms and related words: Bible clerk, Bible reader, acolyte, almoner, anagnost, beadle, bedral, capitular, capitulary, choir chaplain, churchwarden, clerk, deacon, deaconess, elder, elderman, embalmer, funeral director, gravedigger, lay elder …
42sexton — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sacristan, verger; vestryman, beadle. See clergy. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. warden, bell ringer, sacristan, servant, janitor; see also custodian 2 …
43sexton — sex|ton [ˈsekstən] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: secrestain, from Medieval Latin sacristanus; SACRISTAN] someone whose job is to take care of a church building and the area around it and do other related things, such as ring bells …
44sexton — sex|ton [ sekstən ] noun count someone whose job is to look after a church and the buildings connected with it …
45sexton — church caretaker or bellringer Ecclesiastical Terms …
46sexton — sex·ton || sekstÉ™n n. caretaker of a church …
47sexton — noun a person who looks after a church and churchyard, typically acting as bell ringer and gravedigger. Origin ME: from Anglo Norman Fr. segrestein, from med. L. sacristanus (see sacristan) …
48sexton — noun (C) someone who takes care of a church building, and sometimes rings the bells and digs graves …
49sexton — n church official, Archaic. sacristan, warden, caretaker, janitor, bell ringer …
50sexton — sex·ton …