sexton
宪兵,牧师,郡长,宪兵队
Definitions
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- : an official of a church charged with taking care of the edifice and its contents, ringing the bell, etc., and sometimes with burying the dead.
- : an official who maintains a synagogue and its religious articles, chants the designated portion of the Torah on prescribed days, and assists the cantor in conducting services on festivals.
Examples
Sexton’s empathetic story explores the lives and losses of both Cruz and Simpson.
Last September, Sexton pleaded guilty in New York state court to money laundering and agreed to forfeit $600,000.
Cast: Blair Underwood, Pablo Schrieber, Spencer Grammer, Neal Bledsoe, Brent Sexton.
The sexton was soon found and he was delighted to point out the interesting objects in the church and vicinity.
In the morning to church, where at the door of our pew I was fain to stay, because that the sexton had not opened the door.
When he left the chamber of death, it was to walk across the quadrangle of the residence to the sexton's house.
East of Taylor's bridge, towards Sexton's Junction, there is an extensive swamp, but westward the country is rolling.
Stormed they with shout and yell, Not wise they sang nor well, Drowning the sexton's bell,While all the church wondered.