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1. (n.) sexton
an official who maintains a church building and its contents, rings the bell, etc.
2. sexton
an official whose main duty is to maintain a synagogue and its religious articles.
3. (n.) Sexton
Anne (Harvey), 1928–74, U.S. poet.
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1. (noun) Sexton, Anne Sexton
United States poet (1928-1974)
2. (noun) sexton, sacristan
an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects
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1. (noun) sexton
an under officer of a church, whose business is to take care of the church building and the vessels, vestments, etc., belonging to the church, to attend on the officiating clergyman, and to perform other duties pertaining to the church, such as to dig graves, ring the bell, etc
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Sense: a person who looks after a church and often is responsible for bellringing etc.
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 Afrikaans: koster |
 Arabic: قَنْدَلَفْت |
 Bulgarian: клисар |
 Brazilian: sacristão |
 Czech: kostelník |
 German: der Künstler |
 Danish: kirketjener |
 Greek: νεωκόρος |
 Spanish: sacristán |
 Estonian: kirikuteener |
 Farsi: خادم كليسا |
 Finnish: suntio |
 French: sacristain |
 Hebrew: שַמַש כְּנֵסִיָה |
 Hindi: गिरजादार |
 Croatian: crkvenjak, zvonar |
 Hungarian: sekrestyés, egyházfi |
 Indonesian: penjaga gereja |
 Icelandic: kirkjuþjónn |
 Italian: sagrestano |
 Japanese: 寺男 |
 Korean: 교회지기 |
 Lithuanian: zakristijonas |
 Latvian: ķesteris |
 Malay: penjaga gereja |
 Dutch: koster |
 Norwegian: kirketjener |
 Polish: kościelny |
 Persian: خادم كليسا |
 Pashto: دكليسا خادم، دكليسا چوپړى |
 Portuguese: sacristão |
 Romanian: paracliser |
 Russian: пономарь; церковный сторо |
 Slovak: kostolník |
 Slovenian: cerkovnik |
 Serbian: crkvenjak |
 Swedish: kyrkvaktmästare |
 Thai: ผู้รักษาโบสถ์ มีหน้าที่ขุ |
 Turkish: kiliseçancısı, zangoç |
 Taiwanese: 教堂司事 |
 Ukrainian: церковний сторож; паламар |
 Urdu: گرجا اور اس کے ملحق قبرست |
 Vietnamese: người trông nom nhà thờ |
 Chinese: 教堂司事 |
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