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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an officer in the Episcopal church who helps a parish priest with secular matters

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. one of two lay parish officers in Anglican churches with responsibility especially for parish property and alms 2. a long-stemmed clay pipe

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 either of two elected lay representatives of a parish, assisting with routine administration. 2 a long-stemmed clay pipe.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Churchwarden Church"ward`en, n. 1. 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. 2. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(churchwardens) In the Anglican Church, a churchwarden is the person who has been chosen by a congregation to help the vicar of a parish with administration and other duties. N-COUNT