residentiary

[ rez-i-den-shee-er-ee, -shuh-ree ]

/ ˌrɛz ɪˈdɛn ʃiˌɛr i, -ʃə ri /

adjective

residing; resident.

involving or under obligation to be in official residence.

noun, plural res·i·den·ti·ar·ies.

a resident.

an ecclesiastic bound to official residence.

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Origin of residentiary

1515–25; < Medieval Latin residentiārius, equivalent to residenti(a) residence + -ārius -ary

Words nearby residentiary

resident alien, resident commissioner, residential, residential care, residential school, residentiary, residents association, residual, residual abscess, residual air, residual capacity

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Example sentences from the Web for residentiary

To the green lawns of this wide pleasaunce the houses of the residentiary Canons gave access.
In the Wilderness|Robert Hichens
We do not want to get rid of our Residentiary Canons, but we do want to have more of their company.
History of the Cathedral Church of Wells|Edward A. Freeman
This balance was divided among the six residentiary canons, making 83 11s.
Parish Priests and Their People in the Middle Ages in England|Edward L. Cutts
It was open to every Canon to reside if he chose; and if he chose to reside, he was in every sense a Residentiary.
History of the Cathedral Church of Wells|Edward A. Freeman

British Dictionary definitions for residentiary

residentiary

/ (ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃərɪ) /

adjective

residing in a place, esp officially; resident

subject to an obligation to reside in an official residencea residentiary benefice

noun plural -tiaries

a member of the clergy obliged to reside in the place of his official appointment

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