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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sexton/ˈsekstən/

▶noun a person who looks after a church and churchyard, typically acting as bell-ringer and gravedigger.

– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. segrestein, from med. L. sacristanus (see sacristan).

'sexton' also found in these Oxford entries:

sacristan - sexton beetle

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