adjective
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constituting a pension
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maintained by or receiving a pension
noun
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Etymology
Origin of pensionary
From the Medieval Latin word pēnsiōnārius, dating back to 1530–40. See pension, -ary
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The great Cardinal was already Charles’s pensionary, but the pension was several years in arrear.
From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by J.A. Froude
The first writer who is known to have attempted to obtain, on correct mathematical principles, the value of a life annuity, was Jan De Witt, grand pensionary of Holland and West Friesland.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
On the 4th of August John de Witt resigned the post of grand pensionary that he had held so long and with such distinction.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various
Crieff had its perpetual pensionary vicar in those days, and naturally enough he could see neither rhyme nor reason in the arrangement which a Pope had no doubt sanctioned, but which completely ignored his interests.
From Chronicles of Strathearn by W. B. Macdougall
Pauw was replaced as pensionary by Jacob Cats, and the objections of Richelieu were met and satisfied.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
Last week some of the pensionaries grumbled as old people will, remarked that even now only 40% of their number are Communists.
From Time Magazine Archive
The officers were, a president and a vice-president, named by the king from among the honorary members, and a secretary and treasurer chosen from the pensionaries, who held office for life.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
His pensionaries wept aloud, and were inconsolable for the loss of him, in whom they seemed to place all their hopes of comfort and content.
From Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian by William Godwin
By its new constitution it consisted of twenty-five members, ten honorary, men of high rank interested in science, and fifteen pensionaries, who were the working members.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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