adjective
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receiving or working for regular pay
a stipendiary magistrate
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paid for by a stipend
noun
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Etymology
Origin of stipendiary
1535–45; < Latin stīpendiārius, equivalent to stīpendi ( um ) stipend + -ārius -ary
Example Sentences
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Stipendiary steward Robert Sidebottom said the rider "didn't make all reasonable substantial effort to achieve the best possible placing."
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2013
Stipendiary magistracies and paid offices of any kind, if not too laborious, are always acceptable for sons, nephews, cousins, and influential supporters.
From The Corporation of London, Its Rights and Privileges by Allen, William Ferneley
And the fourth edition of the Signal, containing a full report of what the Stipendiary and the barrister had said to each other, was being cried.
From The Old Wives' Tale by Bennett, Arnold
For instance, now,—first a Chief Constableship of Police; next, a County Inspectorship; and thirdly, a Stipendiary Magistracy.
From The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William
The evidence was excessively contradictory, and the Stipendiary dismissed the summons with a good joke.
From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold
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