A sexton is a person whose job is to look after a church building and the ground around it. The work can include unlocking the church, keeping it clean, digging graves in the churchyard, and ringing the bells. A sexton is not a priest; they are staff who care for the place.

A sexton is a person whose job is to look after a church building and the ground around itSexton 是負責照顧教堂建築和周圍場地的人。The work can include unlocking the church, keeping it clean, digging graves in the churchyard, and ringing the bells工作內容可能包括開教堂的門、打掃、在教堂墓園裡挖墓穴，還有敲鐘。A sexton is not a priestSexton 不是神父； they are staff who care for the place他們是照顧這個地方的工作人員。

The word feels a little old, and you will meet it more in British English, church talk, history, and older novels than in everyday conversation. In some towns the same job is now called caretaker or verger. Though actually, in some places sexton still mainly means the person who looks after the graves, and in others it is the whole building.

The word feels a little old這個字感覺有點老派， and you will meet it more in British English, church talk, history, and older novels than in everyday conversation你會比較常在英式英文、教會的用語、歷史和舊小說裡遇到它，而不是在日常對話裡。In some towns在有些城鎮， the same job is now called caretaker or verger同樣的工作現在叫做 caretaker 或 verger。Though actually不過其實， in some places sexton still mainly means the person who looks after the graves在有些地方 sexton 主要還是指照顧墓地的人， and in others it is the whole building在另一些地方則是指照顧整棟建築的人。

It comes from an old French word for the person who kept the sacred things, and it is the same older word that also became English sacristan — two shapes, one source.

It comes from an old French word for the person who kept the sacred things它源自一個古法文字，指的是保管聖物的人； and it is the same older word that also became English sacristan這個更古老的字後來也變成了英文的 sacristan—— two shapes, one source兩種形狀，同一個來源。

It has nothing to do with sex, sexting, or a sextant.

It has nothing to do with sex, sexting, or a sextant它跟 sex、sexting，或 sextant(六分儀)一點關係都沒有。