altarer

English

Noun

altarer (plural altarers)

  1. A member of a monastic community responsible for providing food and drink; cellarer.
    • 1895, Sir Walter Besant, Westminster, page 121:
      The importance of the Altarer could not be denied. He had the care of refectory, kitchen, and cellar.
    • 1993, Miscelanea Oddělení rukopisů a vzácných tisků - Volume 10, page 163:
      The codex is bound in the cut gothic binding of high-quality and one of its first possessors was Václav of Trebenice, altarer of the monastery church in Teplice.
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