ˈcerofer 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. Rich-Jones Register S. Osmund ii. Gloss. 197 An engraving of cerofers in rochets holding their tapers. |