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Churchwarden
Churchwarden Church"ward`en, n.
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.
Meaning of Churchwarden from wikipedia
- A
churchwarden is a lay
official in a
parish or
congregation of the
Anglican Communion or
Catholic Church,
usually working as a part-time volunteer. In...
- A
churchwarden pipe is a
tobacco pipe with a long stem. The
history of the pipe
style is
traced to the late
eighteenth or
early nineteenth century. Some...
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Faynor or Farynor; c. 1615 – 20
December 1670) was an
English baker and
churchwarden in 17th
century London. Allegedly, his
bakery in
Pudding Lane was the...
- and long-term
basis – such as lay
readers (also
known as readers),
churchwardens, vergers, and ****tons.
Other lay
positions include acolytes (male or...
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TARDIS on the
coast of
seventeenth century Cornwall. They meet a
worried churchwarden named Joseph Longfoot, who
lives in fear of "Avery's boys" and, in thanks...
- as
shamash (שמש,
sometimes spelled shamas) or
warden (UK,
similar to
churchwarden), is a
beadle or ****ton, a
person who ****ists in the
running of synagogue...
-
committee of a
Church of
England parish and
consists of
clergy and
churchwardens of the parish,
together with
representatives of the laity. It has its...
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Diocese Winchester Parish Anglican United Parish Clergy Priest(s)
Reverend Jane
Leese Laity Churchwarden(s) Mrs
Monica Wardrop and Mrs
Gillian Rendall...
- ****ton nor a
verger is emplo****,
these duties are
likely to fall to the
churchwardens.
Gabbai Robert Newman (****ton) "St Thomas'
Church History". Archived...
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churchwardens. In 20th-century
debates in the
Anglican Church in Australia, some
clergy argued that
women should be
allowed to
serve as
churchwardens...
