"churchwarden" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-churchwarden.ogg Forms: churchwardens [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English cherchewardeyn, chirchewardeyn, churchewardeyn, schyrsche wordeyn; equivalent to church + warden. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cherchewardeyn}} Middle English cherchewardeyn, {{com|en|church|warden}} church + warden Head templates: {{en-noun}} churchwarden (plural churchwardens)
  1. (UK) A lay officer of the Church of England who handles the secular affairs of the parish. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Anglicanism, Christianity, People Translations (lay officer who handles secular affairs of the parish): եկեղեցպան (ekeġecʻpan) (Armenian), kirkeværge [common-gender] (Danish), kerkmeester [masculine] (Dutch), kerkvoogd [historical, masculine] (Dutch), kerkmeesteres [feminine] (Dutch), kirkonisäntä (Finnish), kirkkoväärti [historical] (Finnish), marguillier [masculine] (French), marguillière [feminine] (French), Kirchenvorsteher [masculine] (German), Kirchenvorsteherin [feminine] (German), kurátor (Hungarian), kirkkostaarosta (Ingrian), е́питроп (épitrop) [masculine] (Macedonian), seurvillant d'l'Êglyise [masculine] (Norman), kirkeverge [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kyrkjeverje [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), кти́тор (ktítor) [masculine] (Russian), церко́вный ста́роста (cerkóvnyj stárosta) [masculine] (Russian), capiller [masculine] (Spanish), capillero [masculine] (Spanish), kyrkvärd [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-churchwarden-en-noun-LD70W16k Disambiguation of Anglicanism: 43 39 18 Disambiguation of Christianity: 40 32 27 Disambiguation of People: 54 36 9 Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'lay officer who handles secular affairs of the parish': 82 11 8
  2. (US) A similar functionary of the Episcopal church. Tags: US Categories (topical): Anglicanism
    Sense id: en-churchwarden-en-noun-4Q2bmqKC Disambiguation of Anglicanism: 43 39 18 Categories (other): American English
  3. (British, slang) Short for churchwarden pipe. Tags: British, abbreviation, alt-of, slang Alternative form of: churchwarden pipe Categories (topical): Anglicanism
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: churchwardenly, churchwarden pipe, churchwardenship, churchwarden's pew Related terms: vestry

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "parish",
          "parish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK) A lay officer of the Church of England who handles the secular affairs of the parish."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A similar functionary of the Episcopal church."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Episcopal",
          "Episcopal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US) A similar functionary of the Episcopal church."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "churchwarden pipe"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English short forms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1843, John William Carleton, The Sporting Review, volume 10, page 419:",
          "text": "In one part of Cockaigne an amalgamation of these two last has lately taken place; and the pleasure experienced by the parishioners of Walbrook is unbounded when smoking an alderman and churchwarden.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1887, William Black, “A Honeymoon Visit”, in Sabina Zembra […], volume II, London, New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 9:",
          "text": "[T]here was a small wooden table placed in front of the smouldering fire, with decanters, a jar of tobacco, and two long churchwardens. The second churchwarden was supposed to be placed there for the service of Mr. Fred; but as a matter of fact that young gentleman did not find much gaiety in sitting and listening to grumblings over his own conduct and gloomy prophecies as to the future of the agricultural interests of the country; so that the old man generally sat there alone, nor had he ever been known to ask any one to keep him company.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1938 May, Evelyn Waugh, chapter 2, in Scoop: A Novel about Journalists, uniform edition, London: Chapman & Hall, published 1948 (1951 printing), →OCLC, book I (The Stitch Service), section 3, page 26:",
          "text": "He greeted William with cordiality. \"Ah, Boot, how are you? Don't think I've had the pleasure before. Know your work well of course. Sit down. Have a cigarette or\"—had he made a floater?—\"or do you prefer your churchwarden?\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "Short for churchwarden pipe."
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, slang) Short for churchwarden pipe."
      ],
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        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "slang"
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    }
  ],
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ekeġecʻpan",
      "sense": "lay officer who handles secular affairs of the parish",
      "word": "եկեղեցպան"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "lay officer who handles secular affairs of the parish",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kirkeværge"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "lay officer who handles secular affairs of the parish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kerkmeester"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "lay officer who handles secular affairs of the parish",
      "tags": [
        "historical",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kerkvoogd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "lay officer who handles secular affairs of the parish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kerkmeesteres"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lay officer who handles secular affairs of the parish",
      "word": "kirkonisäntä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lay officer who handles secular affairs of the parish",
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ],
      "word": "kirkkoväärti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lay officer who handles secular affairs of the parish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "marguillier"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lay officer who handles secular affairs of the parish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "marguillière"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lay officer who handles secular affairs of the parish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kirchenvorsteher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lay officer who handles secular affairs of the parish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kirchenvorsteherin"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "lay officer who handles secular affairs of the parish",
      "word": "kurátor"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "lay officer who handles secular affairs of the parish",
      "word": "kirkkostaarosta"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "épitrop",
      "sense": "lay officer who handles secular affairs of the parish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "е́питроп"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "lay officer who handles secular affairs of the parish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seurvillant d'l'Êglyise"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "lay officer who handles secular affairs of the parish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kirkeverge"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "lay officer who handles secular affairs of the parish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kyrkjeverje"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ktítor",
      "sense": "lay officer who handles secular affairs of the parish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кти́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cerkóvnyj stárosta",
      "sense": "lay officer who handles secular affairs of the parish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "церко́вный ста́роста"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lay officer who handles secular affairs of the parish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capiller"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lay officer who handles secular affairs of the parish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capillero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "lay officer who handles secular affairs of the parish",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kyrkvärd"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "churchwarden"
  ],
  "word": "churchwarden"
}

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