stipendiary

[ stahy-pen-dee-er-ee ]

adjective

1. receiving a stipend; performing services for regular pay.
2. paid for by a stipend:

   stipendiary services.

3. pertaining to or of the nature of a stipend.

noun

, plural sti·pen·di·ar·ies.

1. a person who receives a stipend.

stipendiary

/ staɪˈpɛndɪərɪ /

adjective

1. receiving or working for regular pay

   a stipendiary magistrate

2. paid for by a stipend

noun

1. a person who receives regular payment

Word History and Origins

Origin of stipendiary¹

1535–45; < Latin stīpendiārius, equivalent to stīpendi ( um ) stipend + -ārius -ary

Word History and Origins

Origin of stipendiary¹

C16: from Latin stīpendiārius concerning tribute, from stīpendium stipend

Example Sentences

The council may by petition obtain the appointment of a stipendiary magistrate for the borough.

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When they received pay, which must have been the usual case, they were literally his soldiers, or stipendiary troops.

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In the remote country places more than anywhere is the stipendiary a necessity.

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He was made pensionary (stipendiary magistrate) of Middelburg; and two years afterwards of Dort.

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The evidence was excessively contradictory, and the Stipendiary dismissed the summons with a good joke.

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