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oikonomos
1. Antiquity: The oikonomos (treasurer) was responsible for the payments for inscriptions, sacrifices, xenia and construction of statues. 2. Medieval/Byzantine: Ecclesiastic official, the trustee for the property of a religious foundation. The post is attested already in 340 (Council of Gangra), but the term «oikonomos» is current from the early 5th C. Oikonomos was usually a cleric, appointed by the bishop or, after the 11th C., by the metropolitan; however, between the 9th C. and 1057, the (megas) oikonomos of the Great Church was appointed by the emperor, though this practice departed from the ecclesiastic rule.
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