Meanings
nounsextonry (plural sextonries)
plural sextonries
- obsoleteThe office of sexton.
He[…]retayned to hymselfe but a small lyueng, and that was the sextenry of our lady churche in Renes.
1523–1525, John Bourchier, Froissart's Chronicles
Origin
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sextonry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sextonry
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