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CEIMELIOPHYLAX

Volume 6 · 42 words · 1842 Edition

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