rare. [repr. Gr. κηροφόρος wax-taper-bearer, and med.L. cēriforus and cēroferārius formed on the Gr., with influence of L. fer-re, -fer: the pure L. form would be cerifer.] A wax-taper-bearer; an acolyte.
1884. W. H. R. Jones, Register S. Osmund, II. Gloss 197. An engraving of cerofers in rochets holding their tapers.
