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Sexton
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Sexton
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1.
a person employed to act as caretaker of a church and its contents and graveyard, and often also as bell-ringer, gravedigger, etc
2. another name for the burying beetle
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Sexton
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a church officer or employee in charge of the maintenance of church property: duties may include ringing the church bells and digging graves in the churchyard
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Sexton
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An employee or officer of a church who is responsible for the care and upkeep of church property and sometimes for ringing bells and digging graves.
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