At the back, handing out service books, hovered a churchwarden and a sidesman.
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I was a full-time session musician and touring sidesman from 1968 to 1986.
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In London, he lived in the parish of St Mary Aldermanbury, at which church he served as a sidesman.
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(Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden; collects offerings of money in the church
Person who welcomes people when they arrive, and clears up after a service
Also called an usher, a sidesman organised the collection and seating arrangements during church services, and greeted church members as they arrived. Modern political correctness means that the occupation title has evolved into sidesperson.