单词 | sextress |
释义 | † sextressn. Obsolete. rare. = sextoness n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > sexton > [noun] > female sextona1325 sextressc1390 sextonessa1450 sextricec1475 butt woman1823 c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) 138 (MED) Hou vre lady dude þe offys of a sextresse fyftene ȝeer for a nonne. 1839 Handbill 29 Dec. in Times (1840) 6 Feb. 7/3 I hereby caution all persons against trusting my wife, Margaret Shoobridge, (late Margaret Brooke, who formerly held the situation of sextress at Wandsworth Church). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1390 |
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