who has charge of a temple, to keep and adorn it, a sacristan: Xen. an. 5, 3, 6; Plat. legg. 6 p. 759 a. 3. the worshipper of a deity (οὓς i.e. the Israelites ὁ θεὸς ἑαυτῷ νεωκόρους ἦγεν through the wilderness, Joseph, b. j. 5, 9, 4); as appears from coins still extant, it was an honorary title [temple-keeper or temple-warden (cf. 2 above)] of certain cities, esp. of Asia Minor, in which the special worship of some deity or even of some deified human ruler had been established (cf. Stephanus,