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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sex•ton /ˈsɛkstən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Religionan official who maintains a church or a synagogue.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sex•ton (sek′stən),USA pronunciation n. - Religionan official of a church charged with taking care of the edifice and its contents, ringing the bell, etc., and sometimes with burying the dead.
- Judaisman official who maintains a synagogue and its religious articles, chants the designated portion of the Torah on prescribed days, and assists the cantor in conducting services on festivals.
- Anglo-French segerstaine sacristan
- Middle English sexteyn, sekesteyn, syncopated variant of segerstane, secristeyn 1275–1325
sex′ton•ship′, n. Sex•ton (sek′stən),USA pronunciation n. - Biographical Anne (Harvey), 1928–74, U.S. poet.
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