churchwarden

• Nom désignant une personne laïque élue dans une paroisse de l'Église anglicane ou épiscopalienne pour aider le curé ou le pasteur dans les affaires administratives, financières et matérielles de la communauté.

A noun referring to an officer in the Episcopal church who assists a parish priest with secular or administrative matters.

1. Church officialC1formalbritish

   A lay officer in a parish of the Anglican or Episcopal church who assists the priest with administrative and secular duties.

   Marguillier (officier laïc paroissial)

   • The churchwarden organized the annual fundraising event.
   • He served as a churchwarden for over twenty years.
   • The churchwarden was responsible for maintaining the building.