Cĕl'lar-er or Cĕl'lar-ist, n.

n. [L. Lat. cellarita, cellerarius, equivalent to Lat. cellarius, steward. See CELLAR.] (Eccl.) (a.) An officer in a monastery who has the care of the cellar, or the charge of procuring and keeping the provisions. (b.) An officer in chapters who has the care of the temporals, and particularly of distributing bread, wine, and money, to canons on account of their attendance in the choir.