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

And thus interpreters56 commonly expound this place, taking governments for a distinct kind of church officer from all the rest here enumerated.

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

As the church officer loses his power when he enters the forum; so does the civil magistrate when he enters the church.

From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by Elliott, E. N.

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