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At several synagogues, services were interrupted as the sextons stood up and called out the names of young men who were being summoned to duty; other worshipers, on hearing the news, quickly folded their prayer shawls and departed; some returned later, in uniform, to bid their families goodbye.
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Time, 11 Oct. 2023
The pair grew up in Seminary, a historically Black community near the Virginia Theological Seminary, where their grandfather worked as a sexton.
—Peter Jamison, Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2023
The board has also welcomed a full-time sexton at Spring Grove Cemetery.
—Sam Boyer, cleveland, 16 Dec. 2022
Junior Roop, the sexton of a cemetery near the spill site, said people could smell the oil in town.
—CBS News, 9 Dec. 2022
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Time, 11 Oct. 2023
The pair grew up in Seminary, a historically Black community near the Virginia Theological Seminary, where their grandfather worked as a sexton.
—Peter Jamison, Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2023
The board has also welcomed a full-time sexton at Spring Grove Cemetery.
—Sam Boyer, cleveland, 16 Dec. 2022
Junior Roop, the sexton of a cemetery near the spill site, said people could smell the oil in town.
—CBS News, 9 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sexton
steward
Noun
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In short, a good government is a steward, not a ruler; a problem-solver, not a power-seeker.—
Pioneer Press elections team,
Twin Cities,
21 Oct. 2025
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But the stewards, who give more leeway for first-corner incidents, opted to take no action.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Sexton.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sexton. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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