under-sextonn.
/ˈʌndəˌsɛkst(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌsɛkstən/ (under- prefix1 3a(a).)
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under-sextonc1450
c1450 in Aungier Syon (1840) 292 The sexteyne, and undersexteyn, the treseres and undertreseres, the chambres and under-chambresse.
1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 104 Under-Sexton, of the Parish of St. Stephen..by under Sexton, was understood at that Time Grave-digger and Bearer of the Dead.
1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. ii. ii. 171 I was..the under sexton of St. Paul's, Covent Garden.
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