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sextry|ˈsɛkstrɪ|
Also 4 sextriȝe, 5 cextrye, 5–6 sextrye, 6 sextre, 6–7 sextery(e, sextrie, 7 sextary.
[Of obscure formation; perh. f. sexton after vestry, or an alteration of OF. sacrestie (mod.F. sacristie), med.L. sacristia, by metathesis of r.]
†1. = sacristy. Obs.
a1400Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. xxix. §1. 51 Seþen him-self goþ to be Sextriȝe, Þat was þe Munstres treserye. c1440Promp. Parv. 67/2 Cextrye, sacristia. c1450in Aungier Syon (1840) 350 The tapers schal be lyghte abowte the sepulcre be the minister of the sextry. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 358/2 Whan he sawe he taryed ouer long to clothe hym he entryd in to the Sextrye. 1519W. Horman Vulg. 10 Bere these iewelles into the sextrye. c1530in Strype Cranmer (1694) App. 25 There are in the Sextre five Crosses of gold. 1594O. B. Quest. Profit. Concern. L 3 b, His sextrie or vestry, wherin he was wont to bestow his holy relicks. 1611Cotgr., Secretainerie, a Sextrie, or Vestrie. 1691d'Emiliane's Frauds Rom. Monks 222 The Abbot and his Officers, having put off their Ornaments, went into the Sextry.
2. The residence of a sacrist or sacristan.
1585in Acc. Obedientiars Abingdon (Camden) App. 167 The soil of divers houses pulled down..called the Abbottes lodging..the Sexterye [etc.]. 1829J. Britton Hist. Abbey & Cath. Glouc. Ess. 13 The Under-Steward of the Abbey... His dwelling was in a chamber, with a garden annexed to it, called ‘the sextry’.
3. attrib.: sextry barn, land (see quots.).
1675Dugdale Baronage I. 324/1 All the Lands called Sextery-Lands, lying in the Towns of Hellingley..and Hailesham, in that County of Sussex. 1691Blount Law Dict. (ed. 2) Sextery lands..are Lands given to a Church or Religious House, for maintenance of the Sexton or Sacristan. 1843R. Willis Descr. Sextry Barn 5 The Tithe-Barn at Ely... This was commonly known by the name of the Sextry Barn (or Sacrist's Barn), because..the Tithes, for the reception of which this building was erected, belonged to the Sacrist of the monastery. |