sidesman

/ ˈsaɪdzmən /

noun

Church of England a man elected to help the parish church warden

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The two “sidesmen” are occupied in the two ways of shewing intelligence and contempt known as “taking a sight,” etc.

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And at that moment Bertram appeared, led out by two sidesmen.

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The sidesmen did not say much, but they managed, with what they did say, to convey the impression that they thought as the churchwardens thought.

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Crosthwaite differed from other places in the manner of selecting and swearing the churchwardens and sidesmen, the form being settled by the Commissioners for Ecclesiastical Causes in Queen Elizabeth’s time.

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Among other subjects of a greater or less importance, his thoughts turned upon John Musgrave, his sidesman and very good patron.

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