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
Paul Barton, the stipendiary steward working at Worcester, described the circumstances as "exceptional".
From The Guardian ● Jul. 25, 2012
He was placed in a cell at Bow Street to await his appearance before the stipendiary on the following day, but an hour later when the warder went to him he found him dead.
From The Stretton Street Affair by William Le Queux
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
I confess I have stipendiaries; they are the poor of Christ's flock; a treasure which I am well used in amassing.
From Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity by John Henry Newman
Each of the stipendiaries has discharged his obligation, and the Pope and Monsignori find that the Council has cost large sums, but think the money is well spent and will bring in abundant interest.
From Letters From Rome on the Council by Johann Joseph Ignaz von D?llinger
There be seven Prebends and a Sexton under them; seven stipendiaries; the allowance for four of them is ten nobles apiece; for the other three £6 apiece.
From The Annals of Willenhall by Frederick William Hackwood
Would it not be possible to appoint a certain proportion of stipendiaries, with ample salaries, to that body?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, October 11, 1890 by Various
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