church officer
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Wilson wrote about his wife, Martha White, whom he married in March 1867, and he described his job as a church officer and caretaker, earning $18 a month.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 24, 2022
Complained one former church officer: "Except for the sign on the bulletin board in front, you'd never know it was a Presbyterian church."
From Time Magazine Archive
A church officer having a superior degree of holiness and a fat preferment.
From The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce
As the church officer loses his power when he enters the forum; so does the civil magistrate when he enters the church.
From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by E. N. Elliott
And if he make the magistrate a church officer, he must also give him ordination, except, with the Socinians, he deny the necessity of ordination.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie
