The poor father forced himself to ask the sexton whether she had been to mass.
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Sexton
/ˈsɛk.stən/
Synonyms for "sexton" (45 found)
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capitularychoir chaplainchurchwardenclergymanclerkdeacondeaconesseldereldermanembalmerfuneral directorgravedigger
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3 total sentences available.
on that same night, Mr Haredale, having strongly bound his prisoner, with the assistance of the sexton, and forced him to mount his horse, conducted him to Chigwell
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We stopped in the road and watched the sexton shovelling in the new earth. A peasant with a black beard and high leather boots stood beside the grave. The sexton stopped shovelling and straightened his back. The peasant in the high boots took the spade from the sexton and went on filling in the grave
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