sexton

noun

Definition of sextonnext
as in steward
a person who takes care of church buildings and property and often rings the church's bell during services a sexton who kept the church immaculate for over forty-five years

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Recent Examples of sexton Jennifer Benson is the sexton of the Hanover Cemetery in Sprague. — Sasha Allen, Hartford Courant, 19 Mar. 2026 Revere instructed church sexton Robert Newman to alert patriots across the river in Charlestown when British troops began to march. — Mike Deehan, Axios, 18 Feb. 2025 The pair grew up in Seminary, a historically Black community near the Virginia Theological Seminary, where their grandfather worked as a sexton. — Peter Jamison, Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2023 Jana Litman moves from her part-time position into the new role as the second full-time sexton. — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 16 Dec. 2022 See All Example Sentences for sexton
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  • Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the steward of those bond buybacks, skipped this year’s conference ahead of G-20 talks in North Carolina.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The steward of this American treasure since the patriarch died in 2013, Jeanie Buss dug in her Christian Louboutin heels in a fight to keep her family in the hierarchy of the purple and gold.
    — Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
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