sextonry

English

Etymology

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