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单词 referendary
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referendaryn.

Brit. /ˌrɛfəˈrɛnd(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌrɛfəˈrɛnd(ə)ri/
Forms: late Middle English refrendary, 1500s–1600s referendarie, 1500s– referendary.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin referendarius.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin referendarius court dignitary who receives petitions (6th cent.; frequently from 13th cent. in British sources), chancellor (12th cent.) < classical Latin referendum (see referendum n.) + -ārius -ary suffix1. Compare Middle French referendare , French référendaire (14th cent. in sense 2).
1. A person who or thing which provides news or information; a messenger. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > action of informing > [noun] > person who
teller1340
revelatorc1443
advertiser1548
intelligencer1569
upgiver1577
declarator1583
relater1593
relator1593
informer1598
imparter1600
intelligent1602
referendary1614
informant1641
c1475 Court of Sapience (Trin. Cambr.) 161 Thow me guyde to shew, on what manyer I shall pronounce thyngis, whyche thow dost me se; Thy refrendary oonly wyll I be.
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions Ep. Ded. sig. iij Other mens report..will proue a referendarie, and certifie your highnesse how they finde me appointed.
1614 J. Donne Let. in A. J. Kempe Losely MSS (1836) 345 Sr, when these places afford any thinge worthe yor knowledge, I shall be yor referendary.
1634 C. Fitzgeffry Holy Raptvres v, in Blessed Birth-day 43 A Glorious Angel is the Referendarie, Who first these tidings vnto men doth carrie.
2. Also with capital initial. Any of various officials in the papal, imperial, patriarchal, and some royal courts, charged with the duty of examining and reporting on petitions, requests, use of the seal, and similar matters; the title given to such an official. Also grand referendary. Cf. chartophylax n. Now historical.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > examiner of or reporter on petitions
referendary1528
referee1565
society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > patriarch > [noun] > Constantinople > official
prothonotary1704
referendary1716
chartophylax1879
1528 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. xxiii. 58 Which words being spoken..in the presence of Simonetta, oon of the referendaries [etc.].
1587 J. Harmar tr. T. de Bèze Serm. 426 The princes of this world, who haue their Referendaries [Fr. referendaires], or masters of Request.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia (at cited word) Referendaries, Officers..who made relation of Petitions or Requests, exhibited to the Emperors.
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. iii. 85 These thirteen Prelates are called Referendaries, or Remembrancers of the one and the other Court.
1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 278 Another Orthodox Greek Poet, Chartophylax or Referendary of the great Church of Constantinople.
1736 tr. Ceremonies & Relig. Customs Var. Nations V. 91 The Grand Referendary, dispatches all the Patriarch's Orders, is his Deputy to Persons of Distinction, and is one of the Ecclesiastical Judges.
1801 A. Ranken Hist. France I. i. iii. 261 The referendary was the keeper of the king's seal.
1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years I. 45 The grand referendary accompanied the marshal to the coach.
1866 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. (at cited word) The office of Great Referendary to the monarchy of France merged eventually in that of Chancellor.
1920 A. K. Cook Comm. upon Browning's Ring & Bk. xi. 244 In the later imperial and the papal courts the Referendary was charged with such duties as examining and reporting on petitions.
1997 T. Dunlap et al. tr. A. Guillou in tr. G. Cavallo Byzantines viii. 212 The referendary, who transmitted communications from the patriarch to the emperor.
3.
a. A person to whom a matter in dispute is referred for decision; a referee. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > settlement of dispute, arbitration > [noun] > one who arbitrates
arbitrer1382
judge1385
umpire?c1400
overman1424
arbitrator1426
oversman1492
daysman1530
referendary1546
arbiter1548
referee1549
moderator1556
awarder1561
deciser1563
decider?1568
decisor1569
settler1598
disceptator1623
umpirer1650
referrer1661
1546 in State Papers Henry VIII (1852) XI. 23 In this matier Monsr. Skepperus was referendary between us and them, and wery of us both.
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 289 Let him chuse well his Referendaries, for else he may be led by the Nose.
1759 W. Harte Hist. Life Gustavus Adolphus I. 34 He..established five public offices of great extent..in each of which departments he appointed himself (absent or present) to be supreme judge and ultimate referendary.
1865 Fortn. Rev. 15 May 123 Just at the moment when a great referendary and umpire in many European questions is likely to be needed.
1935 Times 1 Jan. 29/7 In the days when that powerful but abstract referendary called Public Opinion was in the process of being made.
b. An adviser or assessor to a commission. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun] > adviser or counsellor > other types of
preconsultor1609
co-assessor1644
adviser1752
legal adviser1788
pagati1803
legal advisor1825
investment adviser1853
referendary1876
tipster1884
economic adviser1907
1876 Times 17 May 11/2 We find the native section of the Supreme Council charged with the audit of the accounts of Egypt. It is true that the members of this section are to be assisted by six referendaries.
4. An appendix or epilogue referring to what has gone before. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > reporting > [noun] > a report
reckoningc1390
reporta1425
instruction1425
rehearsal?a1439
rapport1454
estatec1475
reportationc1475
reapport1514
remonstrancea1533
account1561
state1565
credit1569
referendary1581
delivery1592
tell1743
compte rendu1822
rundown1943
society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [noun] > addition or appendix
supplement1523
appendix1549
referendary1581
supply1584
postscript1596
corollary1603
annexary1605
annexe1625
appendage1651
streamer1696
tack1705
taga1734
rider1813
pendant1837
overmatter1887
afterword1890
1581 A. Fleming Diamond of Deuotion 208 A Referendarie to the Premisses.
5. = prolocutor n. 3.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] > president or chairperson of
presidenta1382
prolocutor1570
moderator1573
spokesman1607
committee chair1643
chairman1654
referendary1655
speaker1656
chair1659
convener1681
chairperson1971
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 54 In the third Session on friday Nicholas Harpsfield Doctor of Law, and Arch-Deacon of Canterbury was chosen, Referendary or Prolocutor for the Clergie.
1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xxvii. 281 The Bishop of London..bad the Inferior Clergy depart and chuse them a Prolocutor or Referendary.
1721 tr. J. Wymesley in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials III. iv. 43 The Reverend Fathers..had..enjoined them to meet together and..conclude upon the Choice of a Referendary, which they commonly called a Prolocutor.
1855 J. W. Joyce tr. in England's Sacred Synods ix. 311 He desired the lower house to withdraw and to choose from among themselves a referendary, or prolocutor.
1926 Times 30 Aug. 12/5 Canon Stocks..was elected Prolocutor and Referendary on February 18, 1913.
2007 M. F. Bowden Yorick's Congregation 272 The Lower House elects a referendary or prolocutor.

Derivatives

refeˈrendaryship n. Obsolete rare
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > examiner of or reporter on petitions > position of
referendaryship1620
1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent vii. 660 Hee spake of..Benefices, conferred vpon some of the kinsmen of some Prelates, and a Referendarieship to the Secretarie of the Portugall Ambassadour.
1847 Prussian Regulations Civil & Mil. Appointments 3 in Accts. & Papers XXIV He..has passed satisfactorily the second juristical examination for the Referendaryship in some higher tribunal.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

referendaryadj.

Brit. /ˌrɛfəˈrɛnd(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌrɛfəˈrɛnd(ə)ri/
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin referendum , -ary suffix1; referendum n., -ary suffix1.
Etymology: Partly (in sense 1) < classical Latin referendum (see referendum n.) + -ary suffix1, and partly (in sense 2) < referendum n. + -ary suffix1. Compare earlier referendary n.
1. That contains references, or documents referred to. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > book > matter of book > [adjective] > index
referendary1716
indicial1858
indexed1872
1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 191 Baronius's Referendary Appendixes to most of his tedious Annals.
2. Relating to or of the nature of a referendum.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > [adjective] > referendum or plebiscite
plebiscitarian1870
plebiscitary1870
plebiscitic1892
referendary1894
referendal1900
1894 Westm. Gaz. 2 Sept. 2/1 In the period 1469–1524 the city of Berne took no fewer than sixty Referendary votes.
1928 J. W. Garner Polit. Sci. & Govt. ii. xv. 411 It involves control through referendary votes on treaties or issues of foreign policy.
1959 Stanford Law Rev. 11 794 The initiative and referendary powers of Los Angeles electors extend to any proposed ordinance which the Council might itself adopt.
2000 V. A. Schmidt in Welfare & Work in Open Econ. (2002) I. iv. 293 There has been significant communicative discourse among the wider public in the debate leading up to the referendary vote.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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