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cimeliarch

cimeliarch noun: a superintendent or keeper of a church's valuables; a churchwarden.

Noun

cimeliarch (plural cimeliarchs)

  1. (obsolete) A superintendent or keeper of a church's valuables; a churchwarden.
    • Thirty-one canons, including archpriest, archdeacon, primicier, provost, and dean; and twenty-six cardinals, twelve being priests and nine deacons, and fire suhdeacons, one cimeliarch, or sacrist; beneficiati, including master of the ceremonies, four notaries, primicierius lectorum; five lectores...1865, Mackenzie Edward Charles Walcott, Cathedralia: a constitutional history of Cathedrals of the Western Church

Forms of cimeliarch

pluralcimeliarchs
alternative formCimeliarch

Origin of cimeliarch

Latin cimeliarcha, from Ancient Greek treasurer.

Questions about cimeliarch

What does cimeliarch mean?
Cimeliarch means a superintendent or keeper of a church's valuables; a churchwarden.
What part of speech is cimeliarch?
Cimeliarch is a noun.
What is the plural of cimeliarch?
The plural of cimeliarch is cimeliarchs.

Words near cimeliarch in the dictionary

  1. Cimbrians
  2. Cimbric
  3. Cimbáeth
  4. Cimei
  5. cimelia
  6. cimeliarch
  7. cimeliarchs
  8. cimemoxin
  9. cimeter
  10. cimeters
  11. cimetidine

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