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Definition of Church officer
1. Noun. A church official.
Specialized synonyms: Churchwarden, Deacon, Protestant Deacon, Elder, Sacristan, Sexton, Verger, Vestryman, Vestrywoman
Generic synonyms: Functionary, Official
Generic synonyms: Functionary, Official
Lexicographical Neighbors of Church Officer
Literary usage of Church officer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor: With a Life of the Author by Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber (1822)
"Appropriating the word ' Episcopus' or Bishop to the Supreme Church-officer.
BUT immediately after the apostles, and still more in descending ages, ..."
2. Publications of the Narragansett Club by Narragansett Club, Roger Williams, John Cotton, Narragansett Club (Providence, R.I.) (1867)
"... and yet no fuch Church-relation paffe between the Church-Officer, ...
Church-relation, between a Church-Officer, and Church member, ..."
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