church officer

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Wilson wrote about his wife, Martha White, whom he married in March 1867, and he described his job as a church officer and caretaker, earning $18 a month.

From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2022

Complained one former church officer: "Except for the sign on the bulletin board in front, you'd never know it was a Presbyterian church."

From Time Magazine Archive

For forty years he had been a respected merchant, a church officer, a husband, father, and citizen, of irreproachable reputation, with enduring friendships.

From The Delicious Vice by Allison, Young Ewing

A church officer having a superior degree of holiness and a fat preferment.

From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose

Had the next election of a church officer entirely excluded the Christian people, one had been tempted to suspect that Matthias's extraordinary case was never designed for a pattern.

From The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London by