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numerary, a.|ˈnjuːmərərɪ|
[ad. med.L. numerārius (in class. L. as n.), f. numerus number: see -ary. So It., Sp., and Pg. numerario, F. numéraire (1752).]
1. Eccl. Of a canon: Forming one of the regular number. (After med.L. numerarius canonicus.)
1726Ayliffe Parergon 139 A supernumerary Canon when he obtains a Prebend, ceases to be a supernumerary, and becomes a numerary Canon.
2. Of or pertaining to a number or numbers.
1742Hume Ess., Money (1817) I. 285 It was always found, that the augmenting of the numerary value did not produce a proportional rise of the prices. 1788Priestley Lect. Hist. iii. xvi. 140 The numerary pound in the time of Charlemagne was twelve ounces of silver. 1818R. P. Knight Inq. Symbolical Lang. 9 In Greece and Macedonia..the numerary division seems to have regulated the scale of coinage. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 502 Numerary or Marryat's Signals, a useful code used by the mercantile marine, by an arrangement of flags from a cypher to units, and thence to thousands. |