'Sexton' definitions:
Definition of 'Sexton'
(from WordNet)
noun
United States poet (1928-1974) [syn: Sexton, Anne Sexton]
noun
An officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects [syn: sexton, sacristan]
Definition of 'Sexton'
From: GCIDE
- Sexton \Sex"ton\, n. [OE. sextein, contr. fr. sacristan.] 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. [1913 Webster]
- Sexton beetle (Zool.), a burying beetle. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sexton'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acolyte,
- almoner,
- anagnost,
- beadle,
- bedral,
- Bible clerk,
- Bible reader,
- capitular,
- capitulary,
- choir chaplain,
- churchwarden,
- clerk,
- deacon,
- deaconess,
- elder,
- elderman,
- embalmer,
- funeral director,
- gravedigger,
- lay elder,
- lay reader,
- lector,
- lecturer,
- mortician,
- parish clerk,
- precentor,
- reader,
- ruling elder,
- sacrist,
- sacristan,
- shames,
- sidesman,
- succentor,
- suisse,
- teaching elder,
- thurifer,
- undertaker,
- verger,
- vergeress