church officer

Other forms: church officers

Definitions of church officer

1. noun

   a church official
   types:

   churchwarden

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

   Protestant deacon, 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

   deaconess

   a woman deacon

   presbyter

   an elder in the Presbyterian Church

   type of:

   functionary, official

   a worker who holds or is invested with an office