sexton

• n. 教会監督
• n.（六文銭）人名；（英）Sexton

sacristan, churchwardenの略。

sexton

sexton: [14] Sexton and sacristan [14] are doublets: that is to say, they started out as the same word, but have diverged over the centuries. Both come from medieval Latin sacristānus, a derivative of sacrista ‘person in charge of holy vessels’ (which in turn was based on Latin sacer ‘holy’, source of English sacred), but whereas sacristan was borrowed directly from Latin, sexton came via the roundabout route of Anglo- Norman segerstaine.
=> sacred, sacristan, saint

sexton (n.)

c. 1300, sekesteyn, "person in charge of the sacred objects of a church," from Old French segrestien, from Medieval Latin sacristanus (see sacristan). Sense of "custodian of a church" first recorded 1580s. Fem. forms sextress, sextrice are recorded 15c., but the usual form is sextoness (early 15c.).

1. The old sexton soon got better，and was about to work again.

年老いた教会の管理病勢は間もなく好転し、また仕事を始める。

2.The old sexton ，leaning on a crutch，was taking the air at his cottage door.

その年老いた教会では、松葉杖をついて、彼の家の前で新鮮な空気を吸っている。

3.Anne Sexton is the most important confessional poet in America.

アニー?セクストンは米国の自白詩派の重要な女流詩人である。

4.The sea is mother-death and she is a mighty female（Anne Sexton ）

海は死の母であり、彼女は確かに女性的（アニサキストン）

5.I peered into the church and tried to see the sexton at bell rope，but couldn 't.

私は教会の中を覗いて、司祭が鐘の下に立っているかどうかを見ようとしたが、何も見えなかった。