fossor
[ fos-er ]
noun
(in the early Christian church) a minor clergyman employed as a gravedigger.
Origin of fossor
11850–55; <Latin: digger (Late Latin: gravedigger), equivalent to fod(ere) to dig + -tor-tor, with dt>ss
- Also called fossarian.
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How to use fossor in a sentence
The young Greek knelt at the old man's feet, then rose and kissed his hand, and followed in silence the fossor Hilarus.
Valeria | William Henry WithrowAlthough rich, the fossor was keenly bargaining, as they came up, with a wealthy and miserly leather-merchant.
The Death of the Gods | Dmitri MrejkowskiSeveral Christians were standing near the principal inspector of the tombs, the fossor.
The Death of the Gods | Dmitri MrejkowskiIn size and color they are like fossor, but the skulls are intermediate.
The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 | Stephen D. DurrantJohn fossor, made prior of Durham in 1342, inserted the large window in the north transept and the west windows of the nave.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham | J. E. Bygate
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