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cellarer

American  
[sel-er-er] / ˈsɛl ər ər /

noun

  1. a person in a monastery or community who is responsible for supplying food and drink.


cellarer British  
/ ˈsɛlərə /

noun

  1. a monastic official responsible for food, drink, etc

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After that, fifty pounds were assigned to the cellarer each year from the same manor; and yet the cellarer used to say that this was not enough.

From The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson by Jocelin de Brakelond

The cellarer was thereby oftentimes harassed, and because the thieves escaped he was reprimanded for default of justice.

From The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson by Jocelin de Brakelond

“Bring,” he said to his cellarer, “bring that kettle of wine with cinnamon.”

From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Charles Th?odore Henri de Coster

Late at night, Rudimann the cellarer rode back to his monastery.

From Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century by Joseph Victor von Scheffel

Afterwards the usurer came to ask for his deposit, but when the cellarer opened the chest, he found neither that nor his own money.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power

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