Sexton

['sekst(ə)n] or ['sɛkstən]

解释:

(noun.) an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects.

(noun.) United States poet (1928-1974).

芭比整理--From WordNet

解释:

(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.

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解释:

n. an officer who has charge of a church attends the clergyman digs graves &c.: a burying-beetle.—ns. Sex′ton-bee′tle a coleopterous insect of the genus Necrophorus; Sex′tonship the office of a sexton.

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