Crossword clues for churchwarden
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Churchwarden \Church"ward`en\, n.
One of the officers (usually two) in an Episcopal church, whose duties vary in different dioceses, but always include the provision of what is necessary for the communion service.
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A clay tobacco pipe, with a long tube. [Slang, Eng.]
There was a small wooden table placed in front of the smoldering fire, with decanters, a jar of tobacco, and two long churchwardens.
--W. Black.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context British English) A lay officer of the Church of England who handles the secular affairs of the parish. 2 (context US English) A similar functionary of the Episcopal church. 3 (context UK slang English) A churchwarden pipe.
WordNet
n. an officer in the Episcopal church who helps a parish priest with secular matters
Wikipedia
A churchwarden is a lay official in a parish or congregation of the Anglican Communion, usually working as a part-time volunteer. Holders of these positions are ex officio members of the parish board, usually called a vestry, parochial church council, or in the case of a Cathedral parish the chapter.
Usage examples of "churchwarden".
Crown and Anchor, went through a noisy bar where Hokas sat puffing churchwardens and lying about their exploits with many deep-sea oaths, and proceeded up a narrow stair.
Then he lit one of the churchwardens which the landlady had supplied, stretched his legs to the blaze, and heaved a prodigious sigh.
The sexton was a meek, acquiescing little man, of a bowing, lowly habit, yet he had a pleasant twinkling in his eye, and if encouraged, would now and then hazard a small pleasantry, such as a man of his low estate might venture to make in the company of high churchwardens and other mighty men of the earth.
The president puffed at a churchwarden and exchanged genial banter with those who came up to deposit offerings.
Greg walked in to the familiar battered oak chest, the bat stand, churchwarden mirror, ancient tiles with fresh muddy footprints.
Simon Templar watched him walk slowly past, discussing some point in the case he had just won with the air of a parson conferring with a churchwarden after matins, and the reeking hypocrisy of the performance filled him with an almost irresistible desire to catch Mr.
Smith was a worthy man and a faithful churchwarden, and I hope posterity will be able to spell out his name on his monumental window.
Michael's church, which I request the clergyman and churchwardens to permit.
The great importance attached to this memento of ancient revelry by modern churchwardens, at first puzzled me.
The churchwarden believed Sir Blayne Gorton was not in Erith and vanished.
And in villages they are commonly made churchwardens, sidesmen, aleconners, now and then constables, and many times enjoy the name of head boroughs.
Speaking with restraint and with the accent of a highly educated gentleman, and puffing at intervals at his long churchwarden pipe, he proceeded to tell me some of the most horrible stories I have ever heard in my life: how one of the Eyres in the former ages had hanged his own father.
There was Walt Roediger with his churchwarden pipe and academic demeanor.
Hands folded upon his spacious chest, the small craftsman let a long churchwarden pipe rest in his palms.
When he accepted, she rang for a servant, who appeared with churchwarden pipe in hand and bare feet on which the hair had been combed upward.