churchwarden

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A lay officer of the Church of England who handles the secular affairs of the parish. UK
    — At first, not knowing any better, I used sometimes to copy a nude on the pavement. The first I did was outside St Martin's-in-the-Fields church. A fellow in black—I suppose he was a churchwarden or something—came out in a tearing rage.
  2. A similar functionary of the Episcopal church. US
  3. Ellipsis of churchwarden pipe. UK,abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,slang
    — In one part of Cockaigne an amalgamation of these two last has lately taken place; and the pleasure experienced by the parishioners of Walbrook is unbounded when smoking an alderman and churchwarden.

词形变化

churchwardens plural

词汇关系

衍生词
churchwardenly churchwarden pipe churchwardenship churchwarden's pew
相关词
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词源

From Middle English cherchewardeyn, chirchewardeyn, churchewardeyn, schyrsche wordeyn; equivalent to church + warden.
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