An officer of a church: in Scotl. a (paid) official who attends to a place of worship, a beadle or sexton.
17[?]. Nugent, Appendix to Greek Primitives, 311 (Jod.). Acolyte, an inferior church-officer.
1871. Moncrieff, Practice F. C. of Scotl., i. (1886), 26. The Church officer or Beadle, who takes charge of the place of worship and is responsible for its condition, is an officer of the Deacon’s Court.
