allorwas

Welsh

Etymology

allor (“altar”) +‎ gwas (“servant”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈɬɔrwas/

Noun

allorwas m (plural allorweision)

  1. (Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism) altar server, altar boy
    Synonym: gwas allor

Quotations

  • 1896 August 14, Y Llan [The Parish]‎[1], Rhyl, page 2:
    Pan yr oedd nifer y ffyddloniaid wedi cynyddu, a chyfundebau o Gristionogion wedi cyfodi, nid yn unig yn y dinasoedd, hefyd yn y pentrefydd, arferai yr ond offeiriaid weinyddu nid yn unig o flaen yr holl gyfundeb, ac ar ddyddiau penodedig i hyny, ond gweinyddent ar ddyddiau cyffredin, ac yn unigol, er mwyn eu helw eu hunain, gyda chyn-orthwy un allorwas yn unig.
    When the number of the faithful had increased, and congregations of Christians had arisen, not only in the cities, also in the villages, only priests used to officiate not only in front of the whole congregation, and on days appointed for that, but they officiated on common days, and individually, for their own profit, with the help of one altar server only.

Mutation

Mutated forms of allorwas
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
allorwas unchanged unchanged hallorwas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “altar”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[2], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
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