adjective
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receiving or working for regular pay
a stipendiary magistrate
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paid for by a stipend
noun
Etymology
Origin of stipendiary
1535–45; < Latin stīpendiārius, equivalent to stīpendi ( um ) stipend + -ārius -ary
Example Sentences
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In times of crisis, 18 volunteer magistrates and a stipendiary full-time magistrate took charge of law and order, and it was this body of anxious men who would precipitate the crisis of the day.
From The Guardian • Jan. 4, 2018
It's unlikely Jesus would have known Latin beyond a few words, says Jonathan Katz, stipendiary lecturer in Classics at Oxford University.
From BBC • May 27, 2014
Later in the course of the inquiry the trainer and the stipendiary stewards were talking in Hindi and I couldn't understand what they were saying.
From The Guardian • Mar. 26, 2013
Noel Quinlan said he spoke only to the stipendiary steward after the easy victories of Bishopbriggs and Tell Halaf, from the Newmarket stable which he shares with his brother, Michael.
From The Guardian • Jan. 1, 2011
Under this form their offense became extraditable; and after a long trial before the stipendiary or government magistrate, Gilbert McMicken, at Windsor, the men were ordered for extradition.
From True Detective Stories From the archives of the Pinkertons by Moffett, Cleveland
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