sextonry

English

Etymology

sexton +‎ -ry

Noun

sextonry (plural sextonries)

(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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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