= obedientiary, n. 1 2.

= ordinary, n. in various senses.

An officer in a religious fraternity having charge of a convent, etc. Obsolete.

A monastic functionary in the Greek Church.

= obedientiary, n. Obsolete. rare.

An administrator of a monastic or ecclesiastical community. In later use: (spec. at Chichester Cathedral) a layman responsible for the financial…

Church History. A member of a religious house assigned by a superior to a particular (usually administrative or domestic) office; spec. a monk or…

= obedientiary, n.