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DEACON |
Church officer |
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VICARAGE |
Church officer's residence |
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GONFALONIER |
An officer at Rome who bears the standard of the
Church. |
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DEFENSOR |
The patron of a church; an officer having charge of the
temporal affairs of a church. |
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CLERK |
A parish officer, being a layman who leads in reading the
responses of the Episcopal church service, and otherwise assists in it. |
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SACRISTAN |
An officer of the church who has the care of the
utensils or movables, and of the church in general; a sexton. |
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FUNCTION |
The course of action which peculiarly pertains to any
public officer in church or state; the activity appropriate to any
business or profession. |
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BEADLE |
An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of
duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the
chastisement of petty offenders, etc. |
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ANNUNCIATOR |
One who announces. Specifically: An officer in the
church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of
the festivals to be celebrated. |
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OFFICER |
One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with
an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church
officer; a police officer; a staff officer. |
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MANDUCTOR |
A conductor; an officer in the ancient church who gave
the signal for the choir to sing, and who beat time with the hand, and
regulated the music. |
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TITHINGMAN |
A parish officer elected annually to preserve good
order in the church during divine service, to make complaint of any
disorderly conduct, and to enforce the observance of the Sabbath. |
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EMERITUS |
Honorably discharged from the performance of public duty
on account of age, infirmity, or long and faithful services; -- said of
an officer of a college or pastor of a church. |
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USHER |
...k. Also,
one who escorts persons to seats in a church, theater, etc. ... |
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SEXTON |
An under officer of a church, whose business is to take
care of the church building and the vessels, vestments, etc., belonging
to the church, ... |