костельный дед

English translation: churchwarden

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Russian term or phrase:костельный дед
English translation:churchwarden
Entered by: Timoshka

22:36 Jul 20, 2018
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History
Russian term or phrase: костельный дед
In an 1873 birth record from Krasnosielc, Poland, one of the informants is listed as a "костельный дед." I realize that this is "church grandfather" literally, but what is the actual meaning? Church elder? Or some other specific office?
Timoshka
Local time: 03:31
churchwarden
Explanation:
This is the Google definition of churchwarden:

either of the two elected lay representatives in an Anglican parish, formally responsible for movable church property and for keeping order in church.
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:31
Grading comment
Thank you! Since this person was a member of the Catholic church, I changed the translation to "church sexton" for my purposes.
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Summary of answers provided
4church administrator
Vanda Nissen
2 +1churchwarden
Jack Doughty
3churchyard beggar
DTSM
Summary of reference entries provided
Church's grandfather
Turdimurod Rakhmanov

  

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church administrator


Explanation:
Church grandfather is completely wrong, sorry.

Here is an explanation (in Polish):
W XIX wieku dziadem kościelnym określano dzisiejszego kościelnego. On pierwszy zapalał świece w kościele, dbał o
czystość obejścia, pomagał zakrystianowi.
https://genealogia.okiem.pl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=204&t=1690...

So, dziad koscielny today is called koscielny, and their job is to make sure that everything in church goes as it should.

Vanda Nissen
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churchwarden


Explanation:
This is the Google definition of churchwarden:

either of the two elected lay representatives in an Anglican parish, formally responsible for movable church property and for keeping order in church.

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:31
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 60
Grading comment
Thank you! Since this person was a member of the Catholic church, I changed the translation to "church sexton" for my purposes.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Pavlo Astashonok
3 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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churchyard beggar


Explanation:
Словарь Линде, помимо этих значений, отме-
чает также ‘старик’ и ‘нищий’. В том же источ-
нике dziadek рассматривается как уменьши-
тельное образование от dziad со значением

‘старик, отцов либо материн отец’, ‘старичок’. В
современном языке существительное dziad в

значении вида родственных отношений призна-
ется официальным либо устарелым. Чаще все-
го данное слово функционирует как возвы-
шенное определение предка либо как пренеб-
режительное определение старого или бедного
человека, нищего (dziad kościelny / церковный
дед).
https://vdocuments.mx/-5750a9c51a28abcf0cd2cac1.html

https://www.proz.com/kudoz/polish_to_english/religion/542233...

DTSM
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Reference comments


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Reference: Church's grandfather

Reference information:
здесь имеется в виду почтенный старик,

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Note added at 9 hrs (2018-07-21 07:45:09 GMT)
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dziad kościelny / церковный дед
https://www.google.com/search?q="церковный дед"&ei=aONSW_r1J...


    https://www.multitran.ru/c/m.exe?t=770909_2_1&s1=grandfather
Turdimurod Rakhmanov
Kyrgyzstan
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in UzbekUzbek, Native in KirghizKirghiz
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Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
disagree  Vanda Nissen: No, it is not, nothing to do with grandfathers, grandmothers and even grandchildren.
4 hrs
  -> grandfather is not always used in that sense.
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