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sexton (iou)



sexton noun. ME.
[Anglo-Norman, Old French segerstein, secrestein from medieval Latin sacristanus SACRISTAN.]
A person responsible for looking after a church, its contents, and the churchyard, freq. acting as bell-ringer and gravedigger.
Comb.: sexton beetle any of various black or red and black carrion-beetles of the genus Nicrophorus, a burying beetle.
sextoness noun a female sexton LME.
sextonship noun the office or position of a sexton E16.