Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A warden or keeper of valuable objects belonging to a church.
- noun The apartment in ancient churches where the plate and vestments were deposited; the treasure-chamber of a church.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A superintendent or keeper of a church's valuables; a churchwarden.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
superintendent orkeeper of achurch 'svaluables ; achurchwarden .
Etymologies
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Latin cimeliarcha, from Ancient Greek treasurer.
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