sexton

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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.

Έννοιες

νεωκόρος

εκκλησάρης

νεκροθάφτης

Συνώνυμα

sacristan

verger

gravedigger

bell ringer

parish clerk

reader

sacrist

servant

warden

grave digger

church warden

beadle

church-attendant

bell-ringer

churchwarden

janitor

Μεταφράσεις

Küster

sagrestano

sacristain

sacristán

koster

sacristão

zangoç

Kirchendiener

sacrestano

sagristà

Küsterin

sacrista

Mesner

sacristaine

bedeau

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈsɛk.stən/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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