English Explanatory Dictionary

silentiary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who keeps silent, especially from religious motives.
  2. An official at any of several courts who maintained silence.

Word forms

silentiary silentiaries

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Late Latin silentiarius.

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