residentiary
Americanadjective
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residing; resident.
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involving or under obligation to be in official residence.
noun
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residentiaries
plural
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a resident.
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an ecclesiastic bound to official residence.
adjective
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residing in a place, esp officially; resident
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subject to an obligation to reside in an official residence
a residentiary benefice
noun
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Etymology
Origin of residentiary
1515–25; < Medieval Latin residentiārius, equivalent to residenti ( a ) residence + -ārius -ary
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He has previously worked as chaplain and fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge; vicar of Christ Church, Southgate; and director of ministry and canon residentiary at Gloucester Cathedral.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2022
While there, she studied psychotherapy and was installed as canon residentiary on Oct.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2011
Amongst other sources of information are the lectures delivered in St. Paul's by Bishop Browne when a residentiary, and published by the S.P.C.K.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch by Arthur Dimock
To the green lawns of this wide pleasaunce the houses of the residentiary Canons gave access.
From In the Wilderness by Robert Smythe Hichens
In 1818 he was made chaplain to the prince regent, and in 1828 he was elected residentiary canon of Salisbury.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
The deanery of St. Paul's is said to be worth a thousand pounds per annum, and each of the residentiaries about three hundred pounds per annum.
From London in 1731 by Don Manoel Gonzales
The College never rebuilt its premises, and on the site were erected the houses of three residentiaries of St. Paul's.
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
To the cathedral of St. Paul belongs a dean, three residentiaries, a treasurer, chancellor, precentor, and thirty prebendaries.
From London in 1731 by Don Manoel Gonzales
Owing to the increased value of the corporate or common property divided amongst the residentiaries or stagiarii, residence was no longer reckoned a burden, but sought after.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch by Arthur Dimock
Westward were the houses of the residentiaries; and the deanery, according to Milman, an excellent authority, stood on its present site.
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
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