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churchwarden definition

church·warden (-wôrd′'n)

noun

  1. either of two lay officers of an Episcopal church who attend to certain secular matters, as care of church property
  2. Brit. a clay tobacco pipe with a very long stem

Etymology: ME chirchewardein: see church & warden

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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