CEIMELIOPHYLAX, (from κειμελιον and φυλακω I keep), the keeper or curator of a collection of ceimelia; sometimes also denominated ceimeliarcha. The ceimeliarcha, or ceimeliophylax, was an officer in the ancient churches or monasteries, answering to what was otherwise denominated chortophylax, and custos archivorum.
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