CHURCHWARDEN
NOUNS – PERSON
► AUTEM-DIPPER ► ANTHEM DIVER a churchwarden or other petty official charged with responsibility for distributing alms to the poor; their charges regarded them as little more than licensed robbers→ E18 sl.
► WARDEN a churchwarden → 1439
► WARNER a churchwarden → 1877 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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