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† church-ward, n. Obs. exc. Hist.
[f. church n. + ward n.]
1. (= OE. ciric-weard, in OHG. chirihwart, chirwart, MHG. chirchwart). The custodian of a church (building); a man in orders who had charge of a church.
c1000in Thorpe Hom. I. 452 (Bosw.) Se bisceop befran ðone cyrcweard hwær ðæs halᵹan wæpnu wæron. 1044O.E. Chron. (Cott.) æþelstan cyric wyrd [Laud MS. cyrice weard] feng to þam abbodrice. 1131Ibid. (Laud MS.) Þæt he scolde setten þær prior of Chinni and circeweard and hordere and reilþein. 1871Freeman Norm. Conq. IV. xx. 458 A prudent Churchward, Yware by name.
2. A churchwarden (doubtful.)
1496in Ellacombe Ch. Bells Devon (1872) 464, xxd. yr of to y⊇ chircheward, and iiijd. to y⊇ clerks. |