Etymology

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Today it means: An ecclesiastical officer in charge of official documents and records in the Greek Orthodox Church in Byzantine times. Full definition →

Ancient Greek χαρτοφύλαξ
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromχαρτοφύλαξ
  2. English todaychartophylax

From Ancient Greek χαρτοφύλαξ (khartophúlax).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.