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sexton

sex·ton [ sékstən ] (plural sex·tons)


noun 
Definition:
 
church caretaker: the caretaker of a church and its graveyard whose duties often include ringing the bell and digging graves

[14th century. Via Anglo-Norman segerstein< medieval Latin sacristanus (see sacristan)]
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