hebdomadary

American  

[heb-dom-uh-der-ee] / hɛbˈdɒm əˌdɛr i /

noun

plural

hebdomadaries

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.

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adjective

1. hebdomadal.

Etymology

Origin of hebdomadary

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

Example Sentences

If yon have, do you know that the boy goes to the movies 1.23 times a week—the girl 1.05 times per hebdomadary segment?

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino by Butler, Samuel

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.

From Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino by Butler, Samuel