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# churchwarden

«churchwarden» in Mova's school dictionary: **a volunteer in a parish (especially Church of England and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a churchwarden, churchwardens)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (church) A churchwarden is a volunteer in a parish (especially Church of England and Anglican churches) who helps look after the church building, its money and services. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churchwarden/#m1)

2) (old) A long clay pipe for smoking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churchwarden/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in church life: the churchwarden welcomes people, counts the collection, helps the vicar; in village stories.

### examples

- The churchwarden unlocked the church for the choir. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churchwarden/#x1)
- Mrs Patel is a churchwarden at St Mary's. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churchwarden/#x2)
- The churchwardens counted the collection after the service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churchwarden/#x3)
- Each parish chooses two churchwardens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churchwarden/#x4)
- The churchwarden helped fix the leaking roof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churchwarden/#x5)
- Our churchwarden rings the bell on Sunday mornings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churchwarden/#x6)

### note

One word. Not a priest: a lay (non-clergy) helper. Also written «church warden» sometimes.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «churchwarden» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churchwarden/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.