sexton

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Old French segrestien, from Medieval Latin sacristanus, based on Latin sacer (“sacred”). Doublet of sacristan.

“What is your name?” inquired the sexton. — Paul Prescott's Charge, Horatio, Jr. Alger
"No, not yet, sir," replied the sexton. — Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts, Rosalind Northcote
"The gray-headed sexton That delves the grave duly. — From Chaucer to Tennyson: With Twenty-Nine Portraits and Selections from Thirty Authors, Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

Anne Sexton

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