obedientiary

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noun

The holder of a monastic rank or office below that of superior.

OriginMedieval Latin obedientiarius ← Latin oboedientia →
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Meanings

nounobedientiary (plural obedientiaries)

plural obedientiaries

  1. The holder of a monastic rank or office below that of superior.

    Each obedientiary held his own rural estates as well as properties in the city and was supported by various unlanded officials.

    2004, Richard Goddard, Lordship and Medieval Urbanisation: Coventry, 1043-1355, page 95

Origin

  1. Latinoboedientia“obedience”
  2. Medieval Latinobedientiarius
  3. Englishobedientiary

From Medieval Latin obedientiarius, from Latin oboedientia (“obedience”) + la + -arius. By surface analysis, from obedient + -i- (“connecting vowel”) + -ary.

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