sextain (1311)
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sextain (1311)

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  FEW:  sacer *11,32a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  secrestain (*)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  sexton n.  MED:  sextein(e n.  DMLBS:  sextanus 3060a
sextayn,  sextein;  sextone,  sextoun  
ls(loanword: M.E. )
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The OED etymology (Third Edition, 2008) suggest that the word is probably a Middle English development of Anglo-Norman segrestein (Latin sacristanus), which in turn was borrowed back into Latin (sextanus) and Anglo-Norman (sextain).

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1 eccl. occupation sexton, sacristan, officer who is responsible for the maintenance of a parish church and its contents: 
( 1311 )  La ou homme graunt eglise par assent de patron il y ad sextoun fet de moytez le patron presentera a resoun moyté  Ed II xi 65
( 1379 )  [...] et voille qe lez .ij. serges avantditz soient donez, aprés la servyse fyneez, al sextayn dez ditz freres  4
( 1428 )  jeo lise a priour et sextain de mesme le lieu [...] .c. li.  ii 382
segrestein  segresteine  segresteinerie  segrestie 
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