sexton

Etymology

From Old French segrestien, from Medieval Latin sacristanus, based on Latin sacer (“sacred”). Doublet of sacristan.

noun

  1. A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell-ringer.
  2. A sexton beetle.

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