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▪ I. non-ˈresident, n. [non- 2.] 1. A clergyman who does not reside where his official duties require him to reside; an absentee incumbent or church dignitary.
1583Acts Gen. Assemb. Ch. Scotl. (Maitland Cl.) II. 635 That the Commissioners present give up the names of the non residents upon Munday afternoone. 1588Udall Diotrephes (Arb.) 27 See that he be such a one as hath bene a non-resident before, and let him haue diuers liuings. 1608Willet Hexapla Exod. 774 Idle pastors and secure non-residents. 1692[see pluralist 1]. 1723Swift Argts. agst. Power of Bps. Wks. 1751 IX. 42, I am confident there are not ten Clergymen in the Kingdom, who, properly speaking, can be termed Non-Residents. 1835Marryat Olla Podr. xi, So many of our clergymen are..non-residents. 2. One who does not reside in a particular place.
1819(title) A Letter to a Member of Convocation..on the present state of the Catholic Claims, by a Non-Resident. 1863Cox Instit. iii. ix. 729 The usurpations of corporations, the extensive rights of their councils, and the interference of non-residents. 1869H. F. Tozer Highl. Turkey II. 119 A few of the non-residents..took part [in the dance]. 3. A person who uses some of the facilities of a hotel without residing there.
1910Bradshaw's Railway Guide Apr. 1081 Sea and fresh water baths in the hotel..are open to non-residents. 1960Harper's Bazaar Oct. 101/1 Even at the Dorchester..the bar is closed at 11 p.m. to non-residents. 1971‘A. Gilbert’ Tenant for Tomb vii. 132 A printed invitation to non-residents to use the bar and the dining-room. ▪ II. non-ˈresident, a. [non- 3.] 1. a. Of a clergyman: Not residing where his official duties require him to reside; culpably absent from his benefice or charge.
1530Act 21 Hen. VIII, c. 13 §16 Yf any Person or Persons procure..any maner of lycence..to be none resydent at ther said Dygnytees, Prebende [etc.]. 1588J. Udall Demonstr. Discip. (Arb.) 27 If the priests might not dwell farre from the temple, then may not ministers be nonresident. 1642Milton Apol. Smect. Wks. 1851 III. 307 The non-resident and plurality-gaping Prelats. 1766Blackstone Comm. II. xx. 322 Licensed pluralists, who are allowed to demise the living, on which they are non-resident, to their curates only. 1868J. H. Blunt Ref. Ch. Eng. I. 403 Preventing the Pope from conferring English benefices on non-resident foreigners. †b. fig. Divergent or deviating from. Obs.
1616Adams Soul's Sickness xxv. Wks. 1861 I. 473 When as yet himself is more non-resident from his theme than a discontinuer is from his charge. 1631W. Foster Hoplochrismaspongus 3 That Divine which takes into consideration, whether this [cure]..be not done by..witchcraft, cannot properly bee said to be Non-resident from his profession. 2. transf. and gen. Not residing at home or on one's estate; not resident in a particular place.
1540Act 32 Hen. VIII, c. 27 Divers of the kinges subjectis..have..obteynid..lycences for to be absent and none resident in and uppon their ordinary offices within the said townes. 1641Rec. Elgin (New Spalding Cl.) I. 271 Ane non-resident burges. 1845Disraeli Sybil (1863) 54 The monks were never non-resident. They expended their revenue among those whose labour had produced it. 1846Penny Cycl. Suppl. II. 235/1 In the Irish district asylums,..the non-resident physician is the principal officer. 1869–70Ann. Rep. Deleg. Stud. not attached 11 If any Student desires..to be entirely non-resident for a Term. 3. U.S. Of land: owned by a person who does not reside on it.
1849E. Chamberlain Indiana Gaz. (ed. 3) 313 The large amount of non-resident lands has hitherto retarded improvements. 1881Mich. Gen. Statutes (1882) i. 385 Such notice to owners of such non-resident lands, shall be served by posting up the same in three public places.
▸ Of a parent: not residing with his or her dependent children. Cf. non-custodial adj. 3.
1968Family Coordinator 17 314/2 We have no word that means ‘father of dependent children not residing with him because of divorce from their mother who has custody’. Perhaps we should call him ‘non-resident parent’. 1982N.Y. Times 20 Dec. d12/6 Over half of the kids in our study have not seen the nonresident father over the last year. 2000G. Clapp Divorce & New Beginnings (ed. 2) xv. 219 Nonresident mothers are more likely to take on the role of supporter, advisor and disciplinarian than are nonresident fathers. |