sextonship
English
Etymology
sexton + -ship
Noun
sextonship (usually uncountable, plural sextonships)
- The position or office of a sexton.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sextonship in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)