Residentiary Definition

rĕzĭ-dĕnshē-ĕrē, -shə-rē
residentiaries
adjective
Living in a place; resident.
Webster's New World
Having a residence, especially an official one.
American Heritage
Of, requiring, or bound to an official residence.
Webster's New World
noun
One who resides in a certain place; a resident.
American Heritage
A resident.
Webster's New World
A clergyman bound to an official residence.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Residentiary

Noun

Singular:
residentiary
Plural:
residentiaries

Residentiary Sentence Examples

  • His son Isaak (1618-1689), after a brilliant career of scholarship in Sweden, became residentiary canon at Windsor in 1673.

  • Meanwhile the vacations were spent at Worcester, where he had been nominated a canon residentiary in 1885.

  • After holding the rich living of Stanhope, Durham from 1820, and the deanery of Chester from 1828, he was consecrated bishop of Exeter in 1831, holding with the see a residentiary canonry at Durham.

  • In 1665 the earl of Southampton presented him to St Andrew's, Holborn, two years later he became prebendary of St Paul's, in 1668 chaplain to Charles II., in 1670 canon residentiary, and in 1678 dean of St Paul's.

  • He was first appointed as a residentiary canon and only became Chancellor after several years with us.

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Words Starting With

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YRYARY

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Words Starting With R and Ending With Y

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