Word Meanings - CIMELIARCH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A superintendent or keeper of a church's valuables; a churchwarden. Bailey.

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• CHURCHLINESS
  Regard for the church.
• CHURCHLIKE
  Befitting a church or a churchman; becoming to a clergyman. Shak.
• BAILEY
  ballium bailey, OF. bail, baille, a palisade, baillier to inclose, 1. The outer wall of a feudal castle. 2. The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress. 3. A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as,
• CHURCH
  AS. circe, cyrice; akin to D. kerk, Icel. kirkja, Sw. kyrka, Dan. kirke, G. kirche, OHG. chirihha; all fr. Gr. ç'd4ra hero, Zend. çura 1. A building set apart for Christian worship. 2. A Jewish or heathen temple. Acts xix. 37. 3. A formally
• CHURCHYARD
  The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried; a cemetery. Like graves in the holy churchyard. Shak. Syn. -- Burial place; burying ground; graveyard; necropolis; cemetery; God's acre.
• CHURCH-BENCH
  A seat in the porch of a church. Shak.
• CHURCH MODES
  The modes or scales used in ancient church music. See Gregorian.
• CHURCHSHIP
  State of being a church. South.
• CHURCHMANLY
  Pertaining to, or becoming, a churchman. Milman.
• CHURCHISM
  Strict adherence to the forms or principles of some church organization; sectarianism.
• KEEPER
  1. One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything. 2. One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners. 3. One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of
• CHURCHGOER
  One who attends church.
• CHURCHY
  Relating to a church; unduly fond of church forms.
• SUPERINTENDENT
  One who has the oversight and charge of some place, institution, or organization, affairs, etc., with the power of direction; as, the superintendent of an almshouse; the superintendent of public works. Syn. -- Inspector; overseer; manager; director;
• KEEPERSHIP
  The office or position of a keeper. Carew.
• CHURCHWARDEN
  1. One of the officers 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. There was a small wooden table
• CHURCH-HAW
  Churchyard. Chaucer.
• CHURCH-ALE
  A church or parish festival (as in commemoration of the dedication of a church), at which much ale was used. Wright. Nares.
• CHURCHLY
  Pertaining to, or suitable for, the church; ecclesiastical.
• CHURCHGOING
  1. Habitually attending church. 2. Summoning to church. The sound of the churchgoing bell. Cowper.
• OUTKEEPER
  An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.
• INNKEEPER
  An innholder.
• POUNDKEEPER; POUND-KEEPER
  The keeper of a pound.
• HIGH-CHURCHMAN
  One who holds high-church principles.
• BROAD CHURCH
  A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, intermediate between the High Church party and the Low Church, or evangelical, party. The term has been applied
• HIGH-CHURCH
  Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or policy. See High Church, under High, a.
• LOW-CHURCHISM
  The principles of the low-church party.
• CROWKEEPER
  A person employed to scare off crows; hence, a scarecrow. Scaring the ladies like a crowkeeper. Shak.
• EASTERN CHURCH
  That portion of the Christian church which prevails in the countries once comprised in the Eastern Roman Empire and the countries converted to Christianity by missionaries from them. Its full official title is The Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Eastern
• BOOKKEEPER
  One who keeps accounts; one who has the charge of keeping the books and accounts in an office.
• CHOPCHURCH
  An exchanger or an exchange of benefices.