sceuophylax

noun

sceuo·​phy·​lax

skyüˈäfəˌlaks,

ˌskevȯˈfēˌläks

plural -es

: a sacristan in the early church and in the Eastern Orthodox Church

Word History

Etymology

Late Greek skeuophylak-, skeuophylax, from Greek, keeper of a storehouse, from skeuos vessel, utensil + phylak-, phylax guard

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