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ˈunder-ˌsexton (under-1 6 a.)
c1450[see under-chambress]. 1722De Foe Plague (1756) 105 Under-Sexton of the Parish of St. Stephen... By Under-Sexton, was understood at that Time Grave-digger and Bearer of the Dead. 1829Lytton Devereux ii. ii, I was..the under-sexton of St. Paul's, Covent-Garden. |