Middle English Dictionary Entry
chirche-ward n.
Entry Info
| Forms | chirche-ward n. Also -wart, circe-weard. |
| Etymology | OE |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Custodian of a church, sacristan [a man in holy orders].
Associated quotations
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1070 : Þa wæs þære an cyrce weard, Yware wæs gehaten.
- 1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1131 : Swa þat he scolde setten þær prior of Clunni and circe weard & hordere & reilþein & ealle þa ðing þa wæron wiðinne mynstre & wiðuten eall he scolde hem betæcen.
- (1275) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms180 : Will. le Chirchewart.