sexton
See also: Sexton
English
WOTD – 4 June 2012
Etymology
From Old French segrestien, from Medieval Latin sacristanus, based on Latin sacer (“sacred”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛkstən/
Audio (AU) (file) - Hyphenation: sex‧ton
Noun
sexton (plural sextons)
- A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell-ringer.
- A sexton beetle.
Synonyms
Translations
church official
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Swedish
| < 15 | 16 | 17 > |
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| Cardinal : sexton Ordinal : sextonde | ||
Etymology
From Old Swedish sæxtan, siæxtān, from Old Norse sextán, from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛksˌtɔn/
audio (file)
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