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sextonship

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sex⋅ton

  [sek-stuhn]
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–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.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME sexteyn, sekesteyn, syncopated var. of segerstane, secristeyn < AF segerstaine sacristan

Related forms:
sex⋅ton⋅ship, noun
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