ALL meanings of churchwarden
church·ward·en
C c - countable noun churchwarden In the Anglican Church, a churchwarden is the person who has been chosen by a congregation to help the vicar of a parish with administration and other duties. 3
- noun churchwarden one of two assistants of a parish priest who administer the secular affairs of the church 3
- noun churchwarden a long-stemmed tobacco pipe made of clay 3
- noun churchwarden either of two lay officers of an Episcopal church who attend to certain secular matters, as care of church property 3
- noun churchwarden a clay tobacco pipe with a very long stem 3
- noun churchwarden Either of the two elected lay representatives in an Anglican parish, formally responsible for movable church property and for keeping order in church. 1
- noun churchwarden Anglican Church. a lay officer who looks after the secular affairs of the church, and who, in England, is the legal representative of the parish. 1
- noun churchwarden Episcopal Church. a lay church officer who, with other members of the vestry, is in charge of the temporal management of the parish. 1
- noun churchwarden a long-stemmed clay pipe for smoking. 1
- noun churchwarden (Britain) A lay officer of the Church of England who handles the secular affairs of the parish. 0
- noun churchwarden (US) A similar functionary of the Episcopal church. 0
- noun churchwarden (Slang) (Britain) A churchwarden pipe. 0