stipendiary
adjective
receiving a stipend; performing services for regular pay.
stipendiaries
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pluralof stipendiary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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No use taking the 'great unpaid' into my confidence, nor yet the sharper stipendiaries.
From Gwen Wynn by Mayne Reid
Under these conditions a considerable force of stipendiaries was levied without much difficulty.
From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by William Hunt
Even then Norfolk and Hereford refused to sail; but the greater part of the minor magnates consented to serve as stipendiaries.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various
When it was proposed to make Members of Parliament stipendiaries of the State, they at first protested vehemently against the application of this principle to the Irish representatives, and therein they were right.
From Ireland Since Parnell by D. D. (Daniel Desmond) Sheehan
It has been generally so since the days of Jeroboam who "made priests of the lowest of the people," and thereby rendered the ministry the stipendiaries of the state.
From Notes on the Apocalypse by David Steele
