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sceuophylax

sceuophylax noun: a sacristan or church treasurer.

Noun

sceuophylax

  1. A sacristan or church treasurer.
    • Apparently after 806, under the patriarch Nicephorus, Ignatius became sceuophylax of St. Sophia, the second-ranking position in the patriarch's suite, with responsibility for a staff of secretaries and the church's many liturgical vessels, vestments, and books.2013, W. Treadgold, The Middle Byzantine Historians

Questions about sceuophylax

What does sceuophylax mean?
Sceuophylax means a sacristan or church treasurer.
What part of speech is sceuophylax?
Sceuophylax is a noun.

Words near sceuophylax in the dictionary

  1. scetch
  2. scetched
  3. scetches
  4. scetching
  5. sceuophylacium
  6. sceuophylax
  7. scew-whiff
  8. Scexit
  9. SCF
  10. SCFA
  11. SCFE

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