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Residentiary   Listen
noun
Residentiary  n.  
1.
One who is resident. "The residentiary, or the frequent visitor of the favored spot,... will discover that both have been there."
2.
An ecclesiastic who keeps a certain residence.
Synonyms: Inhabitant; inhabiter; dweller; sojourner.





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"Residentiary" Quotes from Famous Books



... at the Residentiary-house with good Dr. Hughes,[375] Allan Cunningham, Sir Thomas Lawrence, and young Mr. Hughes. Thomas Pringle[376] is returned from the Cape, and called in my absence. He might have done well there, ...
— The Journal of Sir Walter Scott - From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford • Walter Scott
... the architect, and superintendent of St. Paul's Cathedral, in a letter printed in Lady Holland's "Memoir," describes the gesta of the canon residentiary; how his early communications with himself (Mr. C.) and all the officers of the chapter were extremely unpleasant; but when the canon had investigated the matter, and there had been "a little collision," nothing could be more candid and kind than his subsequent treatment. He examined ...
— Old and New London - Volume I • Walter Thornbury


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