sidesman

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An assistant to a churchwarden, one of whose duties is to collect offerings during a service.
    — By the 17th century churchwardens, now assisted by sidesmen, were overseeing parish taxes (with the parish clerks), controlling the stocks and whipping posts, and organising relief for the poor and for wayfarers.

词形变化

sidesmen plural

词源

Corruption of synod's man.
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