Ecclesiarch

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ecclesiarch \Ec*cle"si*arch\, n. [LL. ecclesiarcha, fr. Gr. ?
     church + ? to rule: cf. F. eccl['e]siarque.]
     An official of the Eastern Church, resembling a sacrist in
     the Western Church.
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