adjective
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receiving or working for regular pay
a stipendiary magistrate
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paid for by a stipend
noun
Etymology
Origin of stipendiary
1535–45; < Latin stīpendiārius, equivalent to stīpendi ( um ) stipend + -ārius -ary
Example Sentences
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Stipendiary steward Robert Sidebottom said the rider "didn't make all reasonable substantial effort to achieve the best possible placing."
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2013
For instance, now,—first a Chief Constableship of Police; next, a County Inspectorship; and thirdly, a Stipendiary Magistracy.
From The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William
Kynnersley first acted as Stipendiary, April 19, 1856.
From Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically by Harman, Thomas T.
Accordingly, in 1876 the Hon. David Laird was appointed Lieutenant-Governor, with a small Council to assist him consisting of Colonel MacLeod of the Police and Matthew Ryan and Hugh Richardson, Stipendiary Magistrates.
From Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police by MacBeth, R. G. (Roderick George)
The evidence was excessively contradictory, and the Stipendiary dismissed the summons with a good joke.
From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold
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