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CEIMELIOPHYLAX

Volume 5 · 42 words · 1823 Edition

(from κειμελίαν and φυλάττω, I keep), the keeper or curator of a collection of ceimelia; sometimes also denominated ceimeliarcha. The ceimeliarcha, or ceimeliothylax, was an officer in the ancient churches or monasteries, answering to what was otherwise denominated chartophylax and custos archivorum.