sexton

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

sacristão

salmista

Sinônimos

sacristan

verger

gravedigger

bell ringer

parish clerk

reader

sacrist

servant

warden

grave digger

church warden

beadle

church-attendant

bell-ringer

churchwarden

janitor

Traduções

Küster

sagrestano

sacristain

sacristán

koster

sacrestano

Kirchendiener

zangoç

sagristà

νεωκόρος

Küsterin

sacristaine

Mesner

εκκλησάρης

sacrista

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈsɛk.stən/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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