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obedientiary, n. and a.|əʊbiːdɪˈɛnʃərɪ|
Also 6 -enci-, -ency-.
[ad. med.L. obēdientiāri-us, adj. and n., f. obēdientia obedience: see -ary.]
A. n.
†1. A person practising obedience, or in a position of subjection; one owning allegiance; a subject; a liegeman. Obs.
c1540Bp. of Bangor in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. iii. II. 151, I, your verye humble obediencyarye, most mekelye besechithe your Grace. 1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1596) 694/1 The great prelates and fat doctors, and other obedienciaries of the Romish sea. 1603Stow Surv. (1842) 204/1 In respect of the whole realm, London is but..a subject and no free estate, an obedienciary and no place endowed with..absolute power.
2. A member of a conventual establishment charged with any duty or ‘obedience’; the holder of any office in a monastery, under the abbot or superior. (See obedience 4.)
1794W. Tindal Hist. Evesham 94 The prior, sub prior, the third prior, and other obedientiaries of the order. 1886Athenæum 3 July 14/1 In the case in point the convent in its corporate capacity stood to the obedientiary in the relation of owner of the fee. 1897E. L. Taunton Eng. Black Monks I. 57 These payments were often assigned to divers officers of the abbey, obedientiaries as they were called.
attrib.1892Kitchin (title) Obedientiary Rolls of St. Swithun's, Winchester.
†B. adj. Practising or professing obedience; owning allegiance; subject. Obs.
1700J. Brome Trav. Eng., Scot., etc. iii. (1707) 300 John..yielded his Realm Tributary, and himself an obedientiary Vassal to the Bishop of Rome. |