churchwardens
churchwardens is the plural of churchwarden.
Meaning of churchwarden
Noun
churchwarden (plural churchwardens)
- A lay officer of the Church of England who handles the secular affairs of the parish.
- At first, not knowing any better, I used sometimes to copy a nude on the pavement. The first I did was outside St Martin's-in-the-Fields church. A fellow in black—I suppose he was a churchwarden or something—came out in a tearing rage.1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXXI, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC
- A similar functionary of the Episcopal church.
Questions about churchwardens
- What is churchwardens the plural of?
- Churchwardens is the plural of churchwarden.
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