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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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But P�rignon, who was head cellarer at the Abbey of Hautvillers in northern France, is generally considered history's greatest champagne pioneer.

From Time Magazine Archive

The pasture of the cellarer, upon the other side of the bank, is spoilt.

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

When this came to the abbot's knowledge on the morrow, he forbade both meat and drink to the cellarer until he restored all.

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

“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 Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de