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† church-reeve Obs.
In 5 north. dial. kirke-reve.
[see reeve.]
A churchwarden.
c1386Chaucer Friar's T. 7 Of chirche Reues and of testamentz. 1442E.E. Wills 131 That the kirkerevys of the parish chirch of Clerkenwell haue xiijs. iiijd. for to spend on the onourmentz of the same kirke. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 198/1 Church-Wardens, anciently Church-Reeves..are officers elected every week after Easter. |