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sexton 音标拼音: [s'ɛkstən] n. 寺庙里的杂役,教堂司事 寺庙里的杂役,教堂司事 Sexton n 1: United States poet ( 1928- 1974) [ synonym: { Sexton}, { Anne Sexton}] 2: an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects [ synonym: { sexton}, { sacristan}] 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] 39 Moby Thesaurus words for " sexton": Bible clerk, Bible reader, acolyte, almoner, anagnost, beadle, bedral, 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
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