churchwarden : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: churchwarden	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for churchwarden
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
churchwarden n an officer in the Episcopal church who helps a parish priest with secular matters
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Churchwarden \Church"ward`en\, n. 1. One of the officers (usually two) in an Episcopal church, whose duties vary in different dioceses, but always include the provision of what is necessary for the communion service. 2. A clay tobacco pipe, with a long tube. [Slang, Eng.] There was a small wooden table placed in front of the smoldering fire, with decanters, a jar of tobacco, and two long churchwardens. --W. Black.