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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

churchwarden Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • appoint: This parish did not appoint any churchwardens, and when the necessity arose of doing something in the church the parishioners did it themselves.
  • become: In 1916 Miss Hogg became the first woman churchwarden at St Paul's Church, Church Rd St Leonards.
  • have: The parish had two churchwardens from the 15th century 22 and they represented the same tithings as the constables.
  • elect: From the mid-nineteenth century onwards, the Archdeaconry kept records of churchwardens elected in each parish.
  • choose: The first of the six years cannot commence until the churchwardens chosen at the annual meetings in 2002 take up their office.

Converse of subject

  • distribute: The £ 10 belonging to eight poor persons of this parish is distributed by the churchwardens in weekly doles of bread.
  • make: Complaints about someone had to be made by churchwardens and overseers within forty days before a magistrate.

Adjective modifier

  • former: Near to the other end of the row lived Ralph Waterson, also a former churchwarden.
  • new: At the Easter Visitations, new churchwardens for each parish were sworn in to act during the following year.
  • senior: He was involved in the rebuilding of the Stoke Church where he was senior churchwarden and donated £ 500 to the new building.

Modifies a noun

  • account: Churchwardens Accounts are the most valuable of parochial records for the wealth of information on such a diverse range of topics.

Possessives

  • account: The churchwardens ' accounts contain several very curious entries.
  • presentment: Churchwardens ' presentments only survive from the late 18th century onwards.
  • name: When the bell was re-cast in 1984, the incumbent vicar and churchwardens ' names were added to its waist.
  • initial: On the wall is a stone dated 1611, with what are thought to be churchwarden's initials.

Preposition: of

  • parish: You need to contact the incumbent or churchwardens of the appropriate parishes for further details.
  • church: Cromwell required the minister and churchwardens of each parish church to maintain registers of all baptisms, marriages and burials performed.

Preposition: for

  • year: There is a lovely Comper window, commemorating Walton Turner, a churchwarden for 55 years who was also Mayor.
  • time: In 1548 they were included in the £ 7 lands held by the rector and churchwardens for some time without any specified intent.