Plural of chartophylax; multiple people appointed to have custody of and protect important documents or charters.
From chartophylax + -es (the Greek/Latin plural ending). In ancient and medieval institutions, there were often multiple appointed guardians.
Using Greek plurals like -es instead of -s shows how English borrowed this term wholesale from Ecclesiastical Latin and Greek—we kept the original plural form intact.
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