regionary

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adjective

Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical region.

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regionarius
OriginNew Latin regionarius →
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Meanings

adjectiveregionary (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to an ecclesiastical region.

    Not surprisingly, the regionary magistrates do not appear very often in the historians: not every aedile turned out like Vespasian.

    2013, Paul Erdkamp, The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome, page 175
nounregionary (plural regionaries)

plural regionaries

  1. historicalChristianitySynonym of regionarius (“type of Roman Catholic ecclesiastic”).

    Synonyms: regionarius

  2. historicalA catalogue of monuments and buildings in ancient Rome, produced from a survey.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of regionarius (“type of Roman Catholic ecclesiastic”).

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regionarius
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regionarius

Origin

  1. New Latinregionarius
  2. Englishregionary

Learned borrowing from New Latin regionarius, referring to a deacon in charge of one of the seven wards of Rome, from Latin regiō + -ārius. Equivalent to region + -ary. Doublet of regionarius.

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APA

regionary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regionary

MLA

“regionary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regionary. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “regionary,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regionary.

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