sexton

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell ringer.
2. A sexton beetle.

Sinonieme

sacristan

verger

gravedigger

bell ringer

parish clerk

reader

sacrist

servant

warden

grave digger

church warden

beadle

church-attendant

bell-ringer

churchwarden

janitor

Vertalings

Küster

sagrestano

sacristain

sacristán

koster

sacristão

sacrestano

Kirchendiener

νεωκόρος

sagristà

zangoç

Küsterin

sacristaine

Mesner

εκκλησάρης

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈsɛk.stən/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Old French segrestien, from Medieval Latin sacristanus, based on Latin sacer (“sacred”). Doublet of sacristan.