Sextonry

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The office of sexton. obsolete

    "He[…]retayned to hymselfe but a small lyueng, and that was the sextenry of our lady churche in Renes."

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"He[…]retayned to hymselfe but a small lyueng, and that was the sextenry of our lady churche in Renes."

Etymology

From sexton + -ry.

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