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CEIMELIOPHYLAX

Volume 4 · 42 words · 1797 Edition

(from *ἐπιμελοῦμαι* and *φυλάσσω*, 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 chartophylax, and custos archivorum.