subs. (old).—A parish clerk. [From CANTICLE, a song or psalm; one of the duties of a parish clerk being to lead the congregational singing.] So given in Grose [1785], and in the Lexicon Balatronicum [1811]. Also called an AMEN CURLER (q.v.).
subs. (old).—A parish clerk. [From CANTICLE, a song or psalm; one of the duties of a parish clerk being to lead the congregational singing.] So given in Grose [1785], and in the Lexicon Balatronicum [1811]. Also called an AMEN CURLER (q.v.).
