residentiary

American  

[rez-i-den-shee-er-ee, -shuh-ree] / ˌrɛz ɪˈdɛn ʃiˌɛr i, -ʃə ri /

adjective

1. residing; resident.

2. involving or under obligation to be in official residence.

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noun

plural

residentiaries

1. a resident.

2. an ecclesiastic bound to official residence.

residentiary British  

/ ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃərɪ /

adjective

1. residing in a place, esp officially; resident

2. subject to an obligation to reside in an official residence

   a residentiary benefice

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noun

1. a member of the clergy obliged to reside in the place of his official appointment

Etymology

Origin of residentiary

1515–25; < Medieval Latin residentiārius, equivalent to residenti ( a ) residence + -ārius -ary

Example Sentences

He has previously worked as chaplain and fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge; vicar of Christ Church, Southgate; and director of ministry and canon residentiary at Gloucester Cathedral.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2022

While there, she studied psychotherapy and was installed as canon residentiary on Oct.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2011

To the green lawns of this wide pleasaunce the houses of the residentiary Canons gave access.

From In the Wilderness by Hichens, Robert Smythe

Dr. Impey, the residentiary surgeon of Malwa, has just confidence in the indigenous drugs in use by the natives of the East, many of which are quite unknown in European practice.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

Amongst other sources of information are the lectures delivered in St. Paul's by Bishop Browne when a residentiary, and published by the S.P.C.K.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch by Dimock, Arthur