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# sexton

noun (sexton, sextons)

«sexton» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A sexton is a church helper who looks after the church and its churchyard, digs graves and rings the bells. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sexton/#m1)

### In the lessons

a village helper in a church tale, often a bit comic or a little foolish

### Examples

- The sexton rang the bell at noon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sexton/#x1)
- "Now, how can I tell?" said the sexton's wife. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sexton/#x2)
- The sexton dug the grave in the churchyard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sexton/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sexton» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sexton/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sexton» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sexton.html) on Mova free.