sexton

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

sacristain

sacristaine

bedeau

marguillier

Synonymes

sacristan

verger

gravedigger

bell ringer

parish clerk

reader

sacrist

servant

warden

grave digger

church warden

beadle

church-attendant

bell-ringer

churchwarden

janitor

Traductions

Küster

sagrestano

sacristán

koster

sacristão

νεωκόρος

zangoç

Kirchendiener

sacrestano

sagristà

Küsterin

sacrista

Mesner

εκκλησάρης

νεκροθάφτης

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈsɛk.stən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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