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Look up: Sexton

  1. Sexton
    Assistant to the Parish Clerk carrying out the more menial duties such as grave digging and bell ringing as well as other duties around the church and churchyard. This position was often appointed by the church wardens or incumbent at carried a salary although this could only be a fixed sum for each...
    Found on http://www.mdlp.co.uk/genweb/glossary.ht

  2. sexton
    [n] - United States poet (1928-1974) 2. [n] - an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Sexton
    Series of Ram-based self-propelled artillery equipments [CA]
    Found on http://www.jedsite.info/index.html

  4. Sexton
    Sex'ton noun [ Middle English sextein , contr. from sacristan .] 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 clerg...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/78

  5. sexton
    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. ... <zoology> S...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. sexton
    sacristan noun an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. Sexton
    noun United States poet (1928-1974)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. Sexton
    • (n.) 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.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. sexton
    church custodian charged with keeping the church and parish buildings prepared for meetings, caring for church equipment, and performing related ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/71

  10. Sexton
    Sexton is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `meaning unknown` The name Sexton doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Sexton seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Sext

  11. sexton
    sexton Related 'holy, sacred' word families: hagio-; hiero-; icono-; sanct-.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  12. sexton
    • United States poet (1928-1974)
    • an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects

    Found on

  13. Sexton
    The Sexton was a British self-propelled gun of the Second World War. Developed during the later part of 1942, the Sexton was armed with a 25-pounder MK II gun and two Bren machine-guns on a Canadian RAM Mk 1 chassis. It had a top speed of 25 mph and a range of 135 miles. Over 2000 were built, and we...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  14. Sexton
    (office) A `sexton` is a church, congregation or synagogue officer charged with the maintenance of its buildings and/or the surrounding graveyard. In smaller places of worship, this office is often combined with that of accessdate=2007-12-04 -->--> In larger buildings, such as cathedrals, a t...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexton

  15. Sexton
    (artillery) The `25pdr SP, tracked, Sexton` was a self-propelled artillery vehicle of World War II, based on an American tank hull design, built by Canada for the British Army, and associated Commonwealth forces, and some of the other Allies. It was developed to give the British Army a mobile...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexton



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