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sexton

/ˈsɛkstən/

Translations

sextonnoun

sextons

/ˈsɛkstən/

церковный сторож

The sexton was responsible for maintaining the church grounds.

Церковный сторож отвечал за поддержание порядка на территории церкви.

The ponomar rang the church bells every Sunday morning.

Пономарь звонил в церковные колокола каждое воскресное утро.

Additional translations

хранитель кладбища

служитель церкви

Synonyms

church officer

sextonadjective

/ˈsɛk.stən/

Used attributively, e.g. "sexton duties", "sexton beetle"

sextonnoun

An officer of a church charged with the maintenance of its buildings and/or the surrounding graveyard.

The sexton was busy mowing the grass in the churchyard.

A church official responsible for ringing the bells and sometimes for digging graves.

As the sexton, he rang the church bells every Sunday morning.

A burying beetle, especially one of the genus Nicrophorus.

A large sexton emerged from the soil carrying a dead mouse.

sextonadjective

Relating to or characteristic of a sexton or sextons.

The vestry assigned him the sexton duties for the summer.