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Definition: RESIDENTIARY |
RESIDENTIARYAdjective1. Having residence; as, a canon residentary; a residentiary guardian. Noun1. An ecclesiastic who keeps a certain residence. 2. One who is resident. |
Date "RESIDENTIARY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clergy | Dignitaries of the church; ecclesiarch, hierarch; ebdomarius; eminence, reverence, elder, primate, metropolitan, archbishop, bishop, prelate, diocesan, suffragan, dean, subdean, archdeacon, prebendary, canon, rural dean, rector, parson, vicar, perpetual curate, residentiary, beneficiary, incumbent, chaplain, curate; deacon, deaconess; preacher, reader, lecturer; capitular; missionary, propagandist, Jesuit, revivalist, field preacher. |
Inhabitant | Noun: inhabitant; resident, residentiary; dweller, indweller; addressee; occupier, occupant; householder, lodger, inmate, tenant, incumbent, sojourner, locum tenens, commorant; settler, squatter, backwoodsman, colonist; islander; denizen, citizen; burgher, oppidan, cit, townsman, burgess; villager; cottager, cottier, cotter; compatriot; backsettler, boarder; hotel keeper, innkeeper; habitant; paying guest; planter. |
Presence | Adjective: present; occupying, inhabiting; Verb: moored; resiant, resident, residentiary; domiciled. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: RESIDENTIARY |
| English words defined with "RESIDENTIARY": Mansionary ♦ Residentiaryship. (references) |
| "RESIDENTIARY" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "RESIDENTIARY" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 50% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 50% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "RESIDENTIARY": Canon residentiary. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "RESIDENTIARY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | отнасящ се за местожителство. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | esidentiaryray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | residente (live-in, resident), com residência oficial. (various references) | |
Spanish | residencial (residential). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | постійний мешканець (resident, settler). (various references) | |
Welsh | trigiannol. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-i-i-n-r-r-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: distrainer, irredentas, irridentas, restrained. | |
-3 letters: detainers, dietaries, dreariest, eyestrain, instarred, irredenta, irridenta, itinerary, resinated, retainers, retrained, sedentary, ternaries. | |
-4 letters: adenitis, andesite, andesyte, arenites, arrested, arsenide, arsenite, arteries, daintier, dainties, destrier, detainer, detrains, disinter, distrain, drainers, drearies, estrayed, inditers, inertiae, inertias, inserted, inserter, interred, nearside, nerdiest, niteries, nitrides, rainiest, randiest, rarities, readiest, reinsert, reinters. | |
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