taperern.
/ˈteɪpərə/ The bearer of a taper in a religious ceremony.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > person in minor orders > acolyte > [noun] > bearing candle
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?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 307 The ij taperers..schal take the two torches, and folowe the banerer al thre in surplys.
?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 276 The taperers schal holde the tapers, turnyng westwarde, whilst the seyd herse is in sensyng.
1901 W. H. St. J. Hope in Archæol. Jrnl. Mar. 6 The cross~bearer and taperers, followed by the censer-bearer.
1905 Daily News 24 Apr. 2 Behind him comes the cross, with its attendant taperers, next the banners.
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