sextonshipn.

Brit.

/ˈsɛkst(ə)nʃɪp/, U.S.

/ˈsɛkst(ə)nˌʃɪp/

Forms: see sexton n. and -ship suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sexton n., -ship suffix.

Etymology: < sexton n. + -ship suffix.

The office or position of a sexton.

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society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > sexton > [noun] > office of

sextonship1511

sextonry1525

sextoncy1831

1511–12 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 279 Paid to William Wylde for his wages this yere for the sextenship.

c1600 Return: 1st Pt. ii. i, in Three Parnassus Plays (1949) 167 I am double benefisde w^th my Sextonshipp and my clearkeshippe.

1732 J. Swift Consideration Two Bills 31 They may get a Dispensation to hold the Clerkship and Sextonship of their own Parish in Commendam.

1816 Ld. Byron Churchill's Grave 13 And thus he answer'd—..‘He died before my day of Sextonship, And I had not the digging of this grave.’

1833 F. Palgrave Corporate Reform 7 The Candidate for the sextonship grounds his pretensions on being an ‘Old inhabitant’.

1903 Macmillan's Mag. Feb. 269/1 [He] cherished open aspirations towards the sextonship, presently vacant.

1984 D. B. Rutman & A. H. Rutman Place in Time vi. 196 Ultimately the sextonship became largely a sinecure for poor widows.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sextonship
释义	sextonshipn. Brit. /ˈsɛkst(ə)nʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈsɛkst(ə)nˌʃɪp/ Forms: see sexton n. and -ship suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sexton n., -ship suffix. Etymology: < sexton n. + -ship suffix. The office or position of a sexton. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > sexton > [noun] > office of sextonship1511 sextonry1525 sextoncy1831 1511–12 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 279 Paid to William Wylde for his wages this yere for the sextenship. c1600 Return: 1st Pt. ii. i, in Three Parnassus Plays (1949) 167 I am double benefisde w^th my Sextonshipp and my clearkeshippe. 1732 J. Swift Consideration Two Bills 31 They may get a Dispensation to hold the Clerkship and Sextonship of their own Parish in Commendam. 1816 Ld. Byron Churchill's Grave 13 And thus he answer'd—..‘He died before my day of Sextonship, And I had not the digging of this grave.’ 1833 F. Palgrave Corporate Reform 7 The Candidate for the sextonship grounds his pretensions on being an ‘Old inhabitant’. 1903 Macmillan's Mag. Feb. 269/1 [He] cherished open aspirations towards the sextonship, presently vacant. 1984 D. B. Rutman & A. H. Rutman Place in Time vi. 196 Ultimately the sextonship became largely a sinecure for poor widows. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1511
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