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English
Etymology
From sexton + -ship.
Noun
sextonship (usually uncountable, plural sextonships)
- The office or position of a sexton.
1732 March 6 (Gregorian calendar; date written), [Jonathan Swift], Considerations upon Two Bills Sent Down from the R H the H of L to the Hble H of C Relating to the Clergy of Id, London: A. Moore, , published 1732, →OCLC, pages 30–31:For Example, they [reduced divines] may be Lappers of Linnen, Bayliffs of the Mannor, they may let Blood or apply Plaiſters for three Miles round; they may get a Diſpenſation to hold the Clerkſhip and Sextonſhip of their ovvn Pariſh in Commendam.
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