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寺庙里的杂役,教堂司事
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Sexton \Sex"ton\, n. [OE. sextein, contr. fr. 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
clergyman, and to perform other duties pertaining to the
church, such as to dig graves, ring the bell, etc.
{Sexton beetle} (Zo["o]l.), a burying beetle.
资料来源 : WordNet®
Sexton
n 1: United States poet (1928-1974) [syn: {Anne Sexton}]
2: an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects
[syn: {sacristan}]