stipendiary
adjective
receiving a stipend; performing services for regular pay.
stipendiaries
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pluralof stipendiary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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And when Stephen Colonna was settling himself on his palfrey, he heard, for the first time, that the Knight of Provence, Rodolf the trooper, and eighty of the stipendiaries, had already departed,—whither, none knew.
From Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
Civil Courts.—In certain special cases, civil claims of small importance may be brought before justices or stipendiaries.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
I make no doubt that this is done already to a large extent by stipendiaries and the more enlightened magistrates.
From The Law and the Poor by Edward Abbott Parry
The Clergy were, as we have seen, appointed universally under the direction of Government: they were also its direct stipendiaries; hence nothing could be more complete than their subjection to its pleasure.
From The History of Napoleon Buonaparte by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart
I confess I have stipendiaries; they are the poor of Christ's flock; a treasure which I am well used in amassing.
From Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity by John Henry Newman
