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Webster 1913 Edition
Churchwarden
Church′wardˊen
,Noun.
1.
One of the officers (usually two) in an Episcopal church, whose duties vary in different dioceses, but always include the provision of what is necessary for the communion service.
2.
A clay tobacco pipe, with a long tube.
[Slang, Eng.]
There was a small wooden table placed in front of the smoldering fire, with decanters, a jar of tobacco, and two long
churchwardens
. W. Black.
Definition 2024
churchwarden
churchwarden
English
Noun
churchwarden (plural churchwardens)
- (Britain) A lay officer of the Church of England who handles the secular affairs of the parish.
- 1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, Chapter XXXI,
- At first, not knowing any better, I used sometimes to copy a nude on the pavement. The first I did was outside St Martin's-in-the-Fields church. A fellow in black—I suppose he was a churchwarden or something—came out in a tearing rage.
- 1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, Chapter XXXI,
- (US) A similar functionary of the Episcopal church.
- (Britain, slang) A churchwarden pipe.
- There was a small wooden table placed in front of the smoldering fire, with decanters, a jar of tobacco, and two long churchwardens. — W. Black.
Derived terms
Translations
lay officer who handles secular affairs of the parish
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