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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: secrestain, from Medieval Latin sacristanus; SACRISTAN

sexton

 noun
     
Related topics: Christianity
sex‧ton [countable]
RRC someone whose job is to take care of a church building and the area around it and do other related things, such as ring bells
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