(n.) An under officer of a church, whose business is to take care of the church building and the vessels, vestments, etc., belonging to the church, to attend on the officiating clergyman, and to perform other duties pertaining to the church, such as to dig graves, ring the bell, etc.

Bible clerk Bible reader acolyte almoner anagnost beadle bedral capitular capitulary choir chaplain churchwarden clerk deacon deaconess elder elderman embalmer funeral director gravedigger lay elder lay reader lector lecturer mortician parish clerk precentor reader ruling elder sacrist sacristan shames sidesman succentor suisse teaching elder thurifer undertaker verger vergeress