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fossarian

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fos⋅sar⋅i⋅an

[fo-sair-ee-uhn, faw-]
–noun
fossor.

Origin:
< LL fossāri(us) (see fossa 1 , -ary ) + -an

fos⋅sor

[fos-er]
–noun
(in the early Christian church) a minor clergyman employed as a gravedigger.
Also called fossarian.


Origin:
1850–55; < L: digger (LL: gravedigger), equiv. to fod(ere) to dig + -tor -tor, with dt > ss
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