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klockare.

parish clerk and organist

8 characters3 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. parish clerk and organist

    common-gender
  2. lay official at a church with responsibilities comparable to that of a sacristan, verger, sexton, beadle, or precentor

    common-gender · historical
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Swedish klokkare, klukkare. By surface analysis, klocka (“bell”) + -are (“-er”). Cognate of Norwegian and Danish klokker, German Glöckner, Finnish lukkari.

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