datary

[ dey-tuh-ree ]

/ ˈdeɪ tə ri /

noun, plural da·ta·ries. Roman Catholic Church.

the office of the Curia Romana that investigates candidates for papal benefices.

the cardinal who heads this office.

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Origin of datary

1520–30; < Medieval Latin *datāria the office (where documents were dated); datārius the officer (who gave the dates), equivalent to Late Latin dat(a) date¹ + Latin -āria, -ārius -ary

OTHER WORDS FROM datary

sub·da·ta·ry, noun, plural sub·da·ta·ries.

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Example sentences from the Web for datary

Man′datary, Man′datory, one to whom a mandate is given by a Man′dator.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various
The Pope and his Datary refused to interfere in this ignoble quarrel.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington Symonds
The Datary has asserted that he meant he should be master over Charlemagne.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

British Dictionary definitions for datary

datary

/ (ˈdeɪtərɪ) /

noun plural -ries

RC Church the head of the dataria (deɪˈtɛərɪə), the papal office that assesses candidates for benefices reserved to the Holy See

Word Origin for datary

C16: from Medieval Latin datārius official who dated papal letters, from Late Latin data date 1

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