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Sidesman

noun

(pl. sidesmen)

(Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden; collects offerings of money in the church.

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"Sidesman" Quotes from Famous Books

... he was a favourite among all ranks. The leading confectioner, a member of the Local Board, and a sidesman at St. Luke's, he was, and had been for twenty-five years, very prominent in the town. He was a tall, handsome man, with a trimmed, greying beard, a jolly smile, and a flashing, dark eye. His good humour seemed to be permanent. He had dignity ...

— The Old Wives' Tale • Arnold Bennett

... overnight. It was this habitual consecration of Mr. Ransome that made his last lapse so remarkable and so important, while it revealed it as fortuitous. Ranny had missed the deep logic of his mother's statement. Mr. Ransome was sidesman at the Parish Church, and at no time was the ...

— The Combined Maze • May Sinclair

... in my seat to see Nobby three paces away. With back arched, one fore-paw raised, and his white teeth bared, he was regarding the trousers of an amateur sidesman, who had set a foot upon the broken string which trailed from his collar, with ...

— Berry And Co. • Dornford Yates

Words linked to "Sidesman" : Anglican Church, assistant, help, Church of England, Anglican Communion, helper, supporter