sexton
noun
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.
sextonship
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a word derived from
sexton.
Example Sentences
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Vipan, who thought this voluntary sextonship a bore, lent a hand to oblige his friend.
From Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West by Bertram Mitford
Chatterton's father had not succeeded to the sextonship, but he was a sub-chanter in Bristol Cathedral, and his house and school in Pile Street were only a few yards from Redcliffe Church.
From A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers
