hebdomadary

[ heb-dom-uh-der-ee ]

noun

, plural heb·dom·a·dar·ies.

1. Roman Catholic Church. a member of a church or monastery appointed for one week to sing the chapter Mass and lead in the recitation of the breviary.

adjective

1. hebdomadal ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of hebdomadary¹

1400–50; late Middle English ebdomadarie < Late Latin hebdomadārius. See hebdomad, -ary

Example Sentences

When I am alone I am a chimney with no hebdomadary repose; I smoke forever.

From Project Gutenberg

Also on days when there is a principal or processional feast, each one of them, including the hebdomadary, is to have five eggs.

From Project Gutenberg

Also if there is any cloistered person who has begun his week of being hebdomadary, and falls into such sickness that he cannot celebrate the same, the cantor is to say or celebrate three masses.

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