numerary

[ noo-muh-rer-ee, nyoo- ]
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adjective
  1. of or relating to a number or numbers.

Origin of numerary

1
1720–30; <Medieval Latin numerārius (Late Latin: arithmetician, accountant), equivalent to Latin numer(us) number + -ārius-ary

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How to use numerary in a sentence

  • About the same date Kempenfelt produced his own numerary code.

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  • They granted him a considerable sum, at five livres five sous the mark, for fear the king should change the numerary value.

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  • A year or two later, probably in consultation with Kempenfelt, he drew up the first of his codes on the numerary system.

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British Dictionary definitions for numerary

numerary

/ (ˈnjuːmərərɪ) /


adjective
  1. of or relating to numbers

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