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/kahr tof"euh laks'/, n. Gk. Orth. Ch.an official who serves chiefly as the chancellor and archivist of a diocese.[1875-80; < LGk, Gk, equiv. to charto- (see CHARTOPHYLACIUM + phýlax watcher, guard]
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CHARTOPHYLAX — in Ecclesia Constantinopolitana, custos erat annuli Patriarchalis, quem ille a Patriatcha sollenniter acceptum, in pectore gestabat; ut dictum: quemadmodum Magno Logothetae vel etiam Accubitori palae, cura annuli vel sigilli, quô literae… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Chartophylax — (griech.), Urkundenbewahrer … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Chartophylax — A chartophylax (Greek: χαρτοφύλαξ, from χάρτα, document + φύλαξ, guard, keeper ), sometimes also referred to as a chartoularios, was an ecclesiastical officer in charge of official documents and records in the Greek Orthodox Church in Byzantine… … Wikipedia
Chartophylax — A church or monastic archivist, responsible for official documents, letters, and other records. The secular counterpart was the chartoularios (q.v.). Alexios I Komnenos (q.v.) supported the right of the chartophylax of Hagia Sophia (q.v.) to… … Historical dictionary of Byzantium
CHARTOPHYLAX et CHARTULARIUS — Qui publicas tabulas, epistolas et instrumenta curabant, Scriniarii, vulgo Registratores. Hic autem in palatio Principis minister fuit, ille in Ecclesia, ut perspicue Codinus. Confunduntur tamen saepissime: Et Gregorius M. Ep. ad Maxim. Episcop.… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
chartophylax — char·toph·y·lax … English syllables
chartophylax — /kartofslacks/ In old European law, a keeper of records or public instruments; a chartulary; a registrar … Black's law dictionary
chartophylax — /kartofslacks/ In old European law, a keeper of records or public instruments; a chartulary; a registrar … Black's law dictionary
chartophylax — kärˈtäphəˌlaks noun ( es) Etymology: Late Greek, from Greek charto (from chartēs paper) + Greek phylax guard more at card : a chancellor of a bishop or diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church who serves as an archivist and has certain… … Useful english dictionary
Chartulary — (pronEng|ˈkaɹʧʊˌlɛɹi) renders two Latin words, for a collection of charters viz. an officer in charge of it.ChartulariumA Cartularium or Chartularium, also called Pancarta and Codex Diplomaticus, is a medieval manuscript volume or roll ( rotulus… … Wikipedia
