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▪ I. functionary, n.|ˈfʌŋkʃənərɪ|
[f. function n. + -ary1, after F. fonctionnaire.]
One invested with a function; one who has certain functions or duties to perform; an official.
1791Burke Th. Fr. Affairs Wks. VII. 19 Their republick is to have a first functionary (as they call him) under the name of king, or not, as they think fit. 1816J. Scott Vis. Paris (ed. 5) Pref. 61 Several houses have been burnt, and an unfortunate functionary cut to pieces. 1844Dickens Mart. Chuz. (C.D. ed.) 195 A female functionary, a nurse. 1879Froude Cæsar xviii. 303 Legitimate functionaries to carry on the government.
▪ II. ˈfunctionary, a.
[f. function n. + -ary2.]
1. = functional 2.
1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) III. 59 The disease may..commence in some structural or functionary affection of the abdominal organs.
2. Official; = functional 1.
1862Merivale Rom. Emp. (1865) VI. xlix. 118 In order that these offices should be adequately filled..it was necessary to maintain this functionary reservoir constantly at the same exalted level. 1882–3Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. II. 1310 The functionary duties of the Levites. 1895Westm. Gaz. 23 Aug. 2/3 Let us have done with these fictions of functionary superiority. |