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sextonries

sextonries is the plural of sextonry.

Meaning of sextonry

Noun

sextonry (plural sextonries)

  1. (obsolete) The office of sexton.
    • He[…]retayned to hymselfe but a small lyueng, and that was the sextenry of our lady churche in Renes.1523–1525, John Bourchier, Froissart's Chronicles

Questions about sextonries

What is sextonries the plural of?
Sextonries is the plural of sextonry.

Words near sextonries in the dictionary

  1. sextoncies
  2. sextoncy
  3. sextoness
  4. sextonesses
  5. Sextonian
  6. sextonries
  7. sextonry
  8. sextons
  9. sextonship
  10. sextonships
  11. Sextonville

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