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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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Our cellarer entertained all guests, of whatsoever condition they were, at the expense of the convent.

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

Rudimann, the cellarer from the Reichenau, stepped over the threshold, whilst other figures became visible in the background of the courtyard.

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

If I, for my part, were cellarer, I had rather that a clerk were a witness for me in all my transactions; for if I did well he would bear witness of the good.

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

There were given to the cellarer, in aid, twenty pounds out of Mildenhall, but this did not suffice.

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

Nor would I endure that the mill of our cellarer, lately set up, should stand, except that it was erected before I was abbot.

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

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