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Decimosexto :: Decimosexto (a.) Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; as, a decimosexto form, book, leaf, size..

Decimosexto :: Decimosexto (n.) A book consisting of sheets, each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of book; -- usually written 16mo or 16¡..

Sacristan :: Sacristan (n.) An officer of the church who has the care of the utensils or movables, and of the church in general; a sexton..

Sextos :: Sextos (pl. ) of Sext.

#NAME? :: -mo () A suffix added to the names of certain numerals or to the numerals themselves, to indicate the number of leaves made by folding a sheet of paper; as, sixteenmo or 16mo; eighteenmo or 18mo. It is taken from the Latin forms similarly used; as, duodecimo, sextodecimo, etc. A small circle, placed after the number and near its top, is often used for -mo; as, 16¡, 18¡, etc..

Sextonry :: Sextonry (n.) Sextonship.

Sextolet :: Sextolet (n.) A double triplet; a group of six equal notes played in the time of four.

Sextodecimo :: Sextodecimo (a.) 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..

Sextodecimos :: Sextodecimos (pl. ) of Sextodecim.

Sexto :: Sexto (n.) A book consisting of sheets each of which is folded into six leaves.

Sexton :: Sexton (n.) 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..

Sextonship :: Sextonship (n.) The office of a sexton.

Sextoness :: Sextoness (n.) A female sexton; a sexton's wife.

Necrophore :: Necrophore (n.) Any one of numerous species of beetles of the genus Necrophorus and allied genera; -- called also burying beetle, carrion beetle, sexton beetle..

Sixteenmo :: Sixteenmo (n.) See Sextodecimo.

Sextodecimo :: Sextodecimo (n.) 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¡..

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