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cimeliarch

American  
[si-mee-lee-ahrk] / sɪˈmi liˌɑrk /

noun

  1. a room for keeping the valuables of a church.

Etymology

Origin of cimeliarch

1650–60; < Late Latin cīmēliarcha < Late Greek keimēliárchē treasury guard. See cimelia, -arch

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