Obs.–0 [ad. late L. cīmēliarcha, a. late Gr. κειμηλιάρχης treasurer, store-keeper; and its deriv. late L. cīmēliarchium, a. late Gr. κειμηλιάρχιον treasury, store-house.] (See quots.) So Cimeliarchy [ad. cīmēliarchium].
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Cimeliarck (cimeliarchum), a Jewel-house; also a Vestry in a Church.
1678. Phillips, Cimeliark, (Cimiliarchum), a Vestry; also a place to put Jewels in. Also (Cimeliarcha) a Keeper of the Plate, Vestments, and other rich things belonging to a Church [etc.].
1736. Bailey (fol.), Cimeliarch [κειμηλιάρχης, Gr.] the chief keeper of plate, vestments, &c. belonging to a church; a church-warden. Cimeliarchy [cimeliarchium, L. κειμηλιάρχιον, Gr.] a jewel house; also a vestry in a church.
1876. Gwilt, Archit., Gloss., Cimeliarch, the apartment in ancient churches where the plate and vestments are deposited.
