residentiary

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

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.

Origin of residentiary

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

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Examples from the Web for residentiary

Historical Examples of residentiary

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
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
To the green lawns of this wide pleasaunce the houses of the residentiary Canons gave access.
In the Wilderness
Robert Hichens
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

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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