English Explanatory Dictionary

obedientiary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The holder of a monastic rank or office below that of superior.

Word forms

obedientiary obedientiaries

Etymology

From Medieval Latin obedientiarius, from Latin oboedientia (“obedience”) + la + -arius. By surface analysis, from obedient + -i- (“connecting vowel”) + -ary.

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