sexto

a. [ L. sextus-decimus the sixteenth; sextus the sixth (fr. sex six) + decimus the tenth, from decem ten. See -mo. ] Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; of, or equal to, the size of one fold of a sheet of printing paper when folded so as to make sixteen leaves, or thirty-two pages; as, a sextodecimo volume. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Sextodecimos A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a book; -- usually written 16mo, or 16°. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mus.) A double triplet; a group of six equal notes played in the time of four. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. sextein, contr. fr. sacristan. ] An under officer of a church, whose business is to take care of the church building and the vessels, vestments, etc., belonging to the church, to attend on the officiating clergyman, and to perform other duties pertaining to the church, such as to dig graves, ring the bell, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sexton beetle (Zool.), a burying beetle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female sexton; a sexton's wife. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Sextonship. [ Obs. ] Ld. Bernes. [ 1913 Webster ]