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 →

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 →
• "Now, how can I tell?" said the sexton's wife. tree →
• The sexton dug the grave in the churchyard. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sexton» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.