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sex•ton

Pronunciation: (sek'stun), [key]
—n.
1. 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.
2. 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.

Sex•ton

Pronunciation: (sek'stun), [key]
—n.
Anne (Harvey), 1928–74, U.S. poet.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

sextodecimo

sextuple

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