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▪ I. † ˈcatery Obs. Also 5 catarie. [Aphetic form of acatery, a. OF. acaterie; see cater n.1 and -y3.] The office concerned with the supply of the provisions of the royal household.
1455in Househ. Ord. (1790) 21 Th' office of the Catery. 1531Dial. Laws of Eng. ii. xlii. (1638) 136 The Serjeant of the Catery shall satisfie all the debt. 1779R. Kelham Dict. Norman (T.) Serjeaunt de l'acaterie, serjeant of the catery. ▪ II. catery obs. form of cattery. |