Sexton

(noun.) an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects.

(noun.) United States poet (1928-1974).

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• I saw them stop near the church and speak to the sexton's wife, who had come from the cottage, and had waited, watching us from a distance. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• About an old sexton, that the good people down here suppose to have been carried away by goblins. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I say the best prison is that which is made by the sexton--no dungeon like a church-vault! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The cloud settled upon the picture, and concealed it from the sexton's view. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• His poor clerk and sexton delighted in him; the noble patron of his living esteemed him highly. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The other looked towards the stone quarry in which the sexton's cottage was built. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• No living creature was visible or audible--no bird flew by me, no dog barked from the sexton's cottage. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• She was ready enough to talk, and almost the first words she said informed me that her husband filled the two offices of clerk and sexton. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The goblin leered maliciously at the terrified sexton, and then raising his voice, exclaimed-- '“And who, then, is our fair and lawful prize? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Father got made a sexton by being umble. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• He was a sexton. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Newland Archer, at a signal from the sexton, had come out of the vestry and placed himself with his best man on the chancel step of Grace Church. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.

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