| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sex·ton |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s k st n |
| NOUN: | 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. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English sextein, from Anglo-Latin sext nus, probably from Medieval Latin secristnus, sacristan, variant of sacristnus. See sacristan.
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