sidesman
(noun) (Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden; collects offerings of money in the church
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Corruption of synod's man.
sidesman (plural sidesmen)
An assistant to a churchwarden, one of whose duties is to collect offerings during a service.
• questman (obsolete)
• Seidmans
Source: Wiktionary
Sides"man, n.; pl. Sidesmen (.
1. A party man; a partisan. Milton.
2. An assistant to the churchwarden; a questman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 November 2024
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
