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Webster 1913 Edition


Cellarer

Cel′lar-er

,
Noun.
[LL.
cellararius
, equiv. to L.
cellarius
steward: cf. F.
cellérier
. See
Cellar
.]
(Eccl.)
A steward or butler of a monastery or chapter; one who has charge of procuring and keeping the provisions.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cellarer

CELLARIST

, CELLARER,
Noun.
An officer in a monastery who has the care of the cellar, or the charge of procuring and keeping the provisions; also, an officer in chapters, who has the care of the temporals, and particularly of distributing bread, wine, and money to canons, an account of their attendance in the choir.

Definition 2024


cellarer

cellarer

English

Noun

cellarer (plural cellarers)

  1. The person, usually in a monastery, responsible for providing food and drink.