CHURCH OFFICER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A church official

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("church officer" is a kind of...):

functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "church officer"):

churchwarden (an officer in the Episcopal church who helps a parish priest with secular matters)

deacon; Protestant deacon (a Protestant layman who assists the minister)

elder (any of various church officers)

sacristan; sexton (an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects)

verger (a church officer who takes care of the interior of the building and acts as an attendant (carries the verge) during ceremonies)

vestryman (a man who is a member of a church vestry)

vestrywoman (a woman who is a member of a church vestry)