English Explanatory Dictionary

regionary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical region.
noun
  1. Synonym of regionarius (“type of Roman Catholic ecclesiastic”).
  2. A catalogue of monuments and buildings in ancient Rome, produced from a survey.

Word forms

regionary regionaries

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin regionarius, referring to a deacon in charge of one of the seven wards of Rome, from Latin regiō + -ārius. Equivalent to region + -ary. Doublet of regionarius.

Synonyms

regionarius
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