Definitions for Sexton

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Sexton sex·ton

Spelling: [sek-stuh n]

IPA: /ˈsɛk stən/

Sexton is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 94 anagrams from letters in Sexton (enostx).

Definitions for Sexton

noun

1. an official of a church charged with taking care of the edifice and its contents, ringing the bell, etc., and sometimes with burying the dead.
2. an official who maintains a synagogue and its religious articles, chants the designated portion of the Torah on prescribed days, and assists the cantor in conducting services on festivals.
3. Anne (Harvey) 1928–74, U.S. poet.

Origin of Sexton

1275-1325; Middle English sexteyn, sekesteyn, syncopated variant of segerstane, secristeyn Anglo-French segerstaine sacristan

Examples for Sexton

He beckoned the sexton and the sexton's daughter to draw near and stand as witnesses.

The sexton and the policeman carried the coffin to the church-door, which the curate opened.

The sexton started up, in a state of the most amazed consternation.

The sexton and his man had lowered the coffin to its last home, and then stepped aside.

"Yes, Hester, and I have brought company with me," said the sexton.

Last September, sexton pleaded guilty in New York state court to money laundering and agreed to forfeit $600,000.

Is he in need of the small salary your church must give its sexton?

"And you opened your eyes and saw me," said the sexton, finishing out his narrative.

Scarcely was it safe, when the sexton buried the old man and his secret with him.

One of the three was the sexton of the church, another was the curate, the third was a policeman.