name
Meaning 1
A surname originating as an occupation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sexton
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈsɛk.stən/
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rhymes with -ɛkstən
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noun
Meaning 2
A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell ringer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sacristan
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A sexton beetle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sacristan
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: caretaker, church officer
noun
Meaning 5
United States poet (1928-1974)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Anne Sexton
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: poet
History
Etymology
From Old French segrestien, from Medieval Latin sacristanus, based on Latin sacer (“sacred”). Doublet of sacristan.
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: եկեղեցու պահակ (ekeġecʻu pahak) — church official
- Armenian: ժամկոչ (žamkočʻ) — church official
- Armenian: գերեզմանափոր (gerezmanapʻor) — church official
- Belarusian: царко́ўны вартаўні́к (carkówny vartawník) — church official
- Bulgarian: клиса́р (klisár) — church official
- Catalan: sagristà — church official
- Czech: kostelník — church official
- Dutch: koster — church official
- Finnish: suntio — church official
- French: sacristain — church official
- French: sacriste — church official
- Gallo: bedaou — church official
- German: Küster — church official
- German: Küsterin — church official
- German: Sigrist — church official
- German: Sigristin — church official
- German: Kirchendiener — church official
- German: Kirchendienerin — church official
- Greek: νεωκόρος (neokóros) — church official
- Greek: εκκλησάρης (ekklisáris) — church official
- Hungarian: sekrestyés — church official
- Ingrian: ponomari — church official
- Irish: cléireach — church official
- Italian: sagrestano — church official
- Italian: sacrestano — church official
- Latin: sēcrētārius — church official
- Macedonian: кли́сар (klísar) — church official
- Macedonian: при́служник (príslužnik) — church official
- Malayalam: കപ്യാർ (kapyāṟ) — church official
- Norwegian Bokmål: klokker — church official
- Norwegian Bokmål: sakristan — church official
- Norwegian Nynorsk: klokkar — church official
- Polish: zakrystian — church official
- Portuguese: sacristão — church official
- Romanian: paracliser — church official
- Romanian: sacristan — church official
- Romanian: pălămar — church official
- Russian: понома́рь (ponomárʹ) — church official
- Russian: церко́вный сто́рож (cerkóvnyj stórož) — church official
- Russian: ри́зничий (rízničij) — church official
- Serbo-Croatian: crkvenjak — church official
- Serbo-Croatian: sakristan — church official
- Slovak: kostolník — church official
- Slovene: cerkovnik — church official
- Slovene: mežnar — church official
- Spanish: sacristán — church official
- Swedish: kyrkvaktmästare — church official
- Copala Triqui: ró nuvií — church official
- Turkish: zangoç — church official
- Welsh: clochydd (bellringer) — church official
- Welsh: torrwr beddau — church official
Real reading context