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# sexton

«sexton» in Mova's school dictionary: **a church helper who looks after the church and its…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (sexton, sextons)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sexton» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sexton/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.