Sidesman

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An assistant to a churchwarden, one of whose duties is to collect offerings during a service.

    "By the 17th century churchwardens, now assisted by sidesmen, were overseeing parish taxes (with the parish clerks), controlling the stocks and whipping posts, and organising relief for the poor and for wayfarers."

  2. 2
    (Church of England) a male assistant to the churchwarden; collects offerings of money in the church wordnet

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acolytebeadleclerkdeaconelderlector

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"By the 17th century churchwardens, now assisted by sidesmen, were overseeing parish taxes (with the parish clerks), controlling the stocks and whipping posts, and organising relief for the poor and for wayfarers."

Etymology

Corruption of synod's man.

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