adjective
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receiving or working for regular pay
a stipendiary magistrate
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paid for by a stipend
noun
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Etymology
Origin of stipendiary
1535–45; < Latin stīpendiārius, equivalent to stīpendi ( um ) stipend + -ārius -ary
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In times of crisis, 18 volunteer magistrates and a stipendiary full-time magistrate took charge of law and order, and it was this body of anxious men who would precipitate the crisis of the day.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 4, 2018
It's unlikely Jesus would have known Latin beyond a few words, says Jonathan Katz, stipendiary lecturer in Classics at Oxford University.
From BBC ● May 27, 2014
The moment I knew I was in trouble was when the stipendiary steward asked the trainer, 'Is it possible for a jockey to make a horse bleed during the course of the race?'
From The Guardian ● Mar. 26, 2013
Later in the course of the inquiry the trainer and the stipendiary stewards were talking in Hindi and I couldn't understand what they were saying.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 26, 2013
The borough has a separate commission of the peace, having a stipendiary magistrate since 1858.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
Civil Courts.—In certain special cases, civil claims of small importance may be brought before justices or stipendiaries.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
I estimate the present expenditure at, civil and fiscal establishments, and stipendiaries, 38 lacs.
From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by William Sleeman
These bands of Northern stipendiaries assumed, therefore, a civil, as well as a military, importance; they were as indispensable to the safety of one state as they were destructive to the security of all.
From Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
I make no doubt that this is done already to a large extent by stipendiaries and the more enlightened magistrates.
From The Law and the Poor by Edward Abbott Parry
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
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