Definition of Churchwarden. Meaning of Churchwarden. Synonyms of Churchwarden

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Definition of Churchwarden

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...
- Churchwardens' accounts are a form of record maintained by the churchwardens of a parish church where expenses, activities, and events of the parish are...
- 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...
- portal A sidesperson, also known as a sidesman, usher, or ****istant churchwarden, in Anglican churches is responsible for greeting members of the congregation...
- shamash (שמש, sometimes transcribed 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...
- furniture of the altar." The carved eagle lectern was presented by the then churchwarden Major C.E.A. Cotes in 1878 in the memory of his nephew, a former curate...
- (né Robert Algernon Smith; 2 October 1814 – 8 October 1879) was a British churchwarden and soldier. Robert Smith was born on 2 October 1814 to James Smith and...
- ****ton nor a verger is emplo****, these duties are likely to fall to the churchwardens. Gabbai Robert Newman (****ton) "St Thomas' Church History". Archived...