Any of various other local officials; spec. A minor local official, as an overseer of a parish, a churchwarden, etc. Now historical.

In northern English: = churchwarden, n. 1a. Cf. churchmaster, n. Now historical.

= churchwarden, n. 1a. Cf. kirkreeve n. at kirk, n. compounds 2 reeve, n.1 2b.

= churchwarden, n. 1. There are regularly two, the rector's (or vicar's) warden and the parish (or people's) warden.

= church reeve, n.

In the pre-reformation Church in England, and subsequently in the Church of England and certain other Anglican Churches: an elected lay…

A churchwarden. Obsolete.

= churchwarden, n. 1a. Cf. kirkmaster, n.

A custodian of a church; (in later use) = churchwarden, n. 1a. Cf. kirkward, n.2

= churchwarden, n. 1a.

In the ancient Irish Church, A lay superintendent of church lands; the hereditary warden of the church.

One who holds the same office in a ‘chapel’ (of the established Church of England), as a churchwarden holds in a church: now commonly replaced by…

= churchward, n.1