sexton

Significat (Anglès)

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.

Conceptes

sagristà

Sinònims

sacristan

verger

gravedigger

bell ringer

parish clerk

reader

sacrist

servant

warden

grave digger

church warden

beadle

church-attendant

bell-ringer

churchwarden

janitor

Traduccions

Küster

sagrestano

sacristain

sacristán

koster

sacristão

sacrestano

zangoç

Kirchendiener

νεωκόρος

εκκλησάρης

Küsterin

sacristaine

sacrista

Mesner

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈsɛk.stən/

Etimologia (Anglès)

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