sextonry

English

Etymology

sexton +‎ -ry

Noun

sextonry (plural sextonries)

  1. (obsolete) The office of sexton.
    • 1523–1525, John Bourchier, Froissart's Chronicles:
      He […] retayned to hymselfe but a small lyueng, and that was the sextenry of our lady churche in Renes.

References
  • sextonry in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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