English-Thai Dictionary

sexton

N ผู้ดูแล โบสถ์  servant janitor warden phu-du-lea-bod

 

sexton blake

SL ปลอม  plom

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SEXTON

n.[contracted from sacristan, which see. ] An under officer of the church, whose buiness is to take care of the vessels, vestments, etc. belonging to the church, to attend on the officiating clergyman and perform other duties pertaining to the church, to dig graves, etc.

 

SEXTONSHIP

n.The office of a sexton.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SEXTON

Sex "ton, n. Etym: [OE. sextein, contr. fr. sacristan. ]

 

Defn: An under officer of a church, whose business is to take care of the church building and the vessels, vestments, etc. , belonging to the church, to attend on the officiating clergyman, and to perform other duties pertaining to the church, such as to dig graves, ring the bell, etc. Sexton beetle (Zoöl.), a burying beetle.

 

SEXTONESS

SEXTONESS Sex "ton *ess, n.

 

Defn: A female sexton; a sexton's wife.

 

SEXTONRY

SEXTONRY Sex "ton *ry, n.

 

Defn: Sextonship. [Obs. ] Ld. Bernes.

 

SEXTONSHIP

SEXTONSHIP Sex "ton *ship, n.

 

Defn: The office of a sexton. Swift.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sexton

sex ton |ˈsekstən ˈsɛkstən | ▶noun a person who looks after a church and churchyard, sometimes acting as bell-ringer and formerly as a gravedigger. ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French segrestein, from medieval Latin sacristanus (see sacristan ).

 

Sexton, Anne

Sex ton, Anne |ˈsekstən ˈsɛkstən | (1928 –74 ), US poet; born Anne Harvey. Plagued by mental illness, she wrote very emotional poems, many of which are collected in the volumes To Bedlam and Part Way Back (1960 ) and Live or Die (1966 ).

 

sexton beetle

sex ton bee tle ▶noun another term for burying beetle.

 

Oxford Dictionary

sexton

sex ¦ton |ˈsɛkst (ə )n | ▶noun a person who looks after a church and churchyard, typically acting as bell-ringer and gravedigger. ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French segrestein, from medieval Latin sacristanus (see sacristan ).

 

Sexton, Anne

Sex ton, Anne |ˈsekstən ˈsɛkstən | (1928 –74 ), US poet; born Anne Harvey. Plagued by mental illness, she wrote very emotional poems, many of which are collected in the volumes To Bedlam and Part Way Back (1960 ) and Live or Die (1966 ).

 

sexton beetle

sex ¦ton bee ¦tle ▶noun another term for burying beetle.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sexton

sex ton /sékst (ə )n /名詞 C 寺男 〘寺院の管理 墓掘りなどをする 〙.