Noun: referendary
| Singular | referendary |
| Plural | referendaries |
Sample Sentences
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let him choose well his referendaries , for else he may be led by the nose [1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Suitors”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:]
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In the writs of Merovingian kings , the king normally signed his name first , and his referendary followed [1941, The Cambridge Historical Journal:]
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referendaries were involved in the presentation of petitions to the king [1992, P. S. Barnwell, Emperor, Prefects & Kings: The Roman West:]
Nouns inflected like referendary
clitoridectomy,
royal jelly,
whoopsy,
surrogacy,
urinary,
rastrography,
renoscopy,
sourtop blueberry,
forcible entry,
superficiary,
lipidosity,
potability,
phonography,
hyperproperty,
greenery,
conjugality,
ring singularity,
Brittany,
ignobility,
obscurity, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Latin referendarius, from Latin referendus (“to be referred”), gerundive of referre. Compare French référendaire. See refer. See: Latin Nouns '
referendarius', Latin Nouns '
referendus', French Nouns '
référendaire'.