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  2. Sexton (office) - Wikipedia

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    A sexton is an officer of a church, congregation, or synagogue charged with the maintenance of its buildings and/or an associated graveyard. In smaller places of worship, this office is often combined with that of verger. [1] Larger establishments, such as cathedrals, may employ a team of sextons. [2]

  3. Churchwarden - Wikipedia

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    A churchwarden is a lay official in a parish or congregation of the Anglican Communion or Catholic Church, usually working as a part-time volunteer.In the Anglican tradition, holders of these positions are ex officio members of the parish board, usually called a vestry, parochial church council, or in the case of a Cathedral parish the chapter.

  4. Custody of the Holy Land - Wikipedia

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    The Custodian was described as the "Guardian of Mount Zion in Jerusalem". Between 1342 and 1489, the Custodian was the head of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre and held the ex officio title of Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem. From 1374, he was based at the Basilica di San Lorenzo fuori le Mura in Rome.

  5. Warden - Wikipedia

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    Churchwarden, a lay officer in an Anglican or Episcopal church; Fire warden, a person designated to aid firefighters at a building or community level; Game warden, an officer empowered to enforce the hunting and trapping laws of a jurisdiction; Mining warden, presiding officer in a warden's court

  6. Parochial church council - Wikipedia

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    The powers and duties of PCCs are laid down by the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956. They include the duty to co-operate with the minister (rector, vicar or priest in charge) "in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical."

  7. Verger - Wikipedia

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    In small churches, the office of the verger is often combined with that of the sexton, who is responsible for maintaining church buildings and grounds. In some organizations the functions of the sexton and the verger are performed by the same person. Equally, many churches have neither a verger nor a sexton and these duties fall to the ...

  8. Incumbent (ecclesiastical) - Wikipedia

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    This must be performed in the church and is done by placing the hand of the priest on the key or ring of the door and reciting a formula of words. The priest advertises his or her induction by tolling the church bell. [5]: Canon C11 Induction is a vestige of the medieval legal practice of livery of seisin.

  9. Obedientiary - Wikipedia

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    To the obedientiaries were assigned the various duties pertaining to their different offices and they possessed considerable power in their own departments. There was always a right of appeal to the abbot or equivalent superior , but in practice most details were settled by the "customary" of the monastery.

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