Meanings
plural presidaries · alternative presidiary
- obsoleteA guard.
heavenly presidiaries
1612–1634, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=I to VIII), London, →OCLC
Origin
- Latinpraesidiarium
- Englishpresidary
Latin praesidiarium.
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