See also:SEXTON (an See also:early corruption of " sacristan," properly the keeper of sacred vessels and See also:vestments, Med. See also:Lat. sacristanus or sacrista)
, a See also:minor officer of an ecclesiastical See also:parish
.
In the See also:early See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church the See also:sexton was identical with the ostiarius, or See also:door-keeper, whose See also:duty it was to open and shut the church at certain See also:hours, guard the church and all it contained, and prevent the See also:heathen and excommunicated from entering
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The duties of the See also:modern sexton are practically those of the See also:ancient sacristan
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He has the custody of the church keys, is responsible for keeping the church clean, for the See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
bell-ringing and See also:lighting, and looks after the See also:vestments and instrumenta of the church, but the duties may vary by See also:custom in different parishes
.
Where his duties are confined to the care of the vestments and instrumenta the right of See also:appointment of a sexton lies in the churchwardens; if his duties are confined to the See also:churchyard the right of appointment is in the See also:incumbent, and where his duties extend to both the right of appointment is jointly in the churchwardens and the incumbent
.
By custom, however, he may be appointed by the parishioners
.
He usually has a See also:freehold in his See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office, and in some parishes is entitled to certain customary fees
.
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