- Sextonship
- Sextonship \Sex"ton*ship\, n. The office of a sexton. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
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Sextonship
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sextonship — sex·ton·ship … English syllables
sextonship — nˌship noun : the office or position of a sexton … Useful english dictionary
sexton — sextonship, n. /sek steuhn/, n. 1. an official of a church charged with taking care of the edifice and its contents, ringing the bell, etc., and sometimes with burying the dead. 2. an official who maintains a synagogue and its religious articles … Universalium
Sextonry — Sex ton*ry, n. Sextonship. [Obs.] Ld. Bernes. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
