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fideicommissary

[fahy-dee-ahy-kom-i-ser-ee]Civil Law.
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noun, plural fi·de·i·com·mis·sar·ies.
  1. the recipient of a fideicommissum.
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adjective
  1. of, relating to, or resembling a fideicommissum.
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Origin of fideicommissary

1875–80; < Late Latin fideī commissārius, equivalent to fideī commiss(um) a fideicommissum + -ārius -ary
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fideicommissary

noun plural -saries
  1. a person who receives a fideicommissum
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adjective
  1. of, relating to, or resembling a fideicommissum
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