ˈchapelˌwarden
One who holds the same office in a ‘chapel’ (of the established Church of England), as a churchwarden holds in a church: now commonly replaced by ‘churchwarden’.
| 1688 Lond. Gaz. No. 2375/1 The Churchwardens, Chapelwardens, and Sidesmen. 1753 Scots Mag. Sept. 435/1 The churchwardens and chapelwardens of every parish or chapelry. 1834 in J. Raine Mem. J. Hodgson (1858) II. 330 Your letter was read communicating to the chapelwardens your resignation of the living. |