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mansionary, a. and n.|ˈmænʃənərɪ|
[ad. med.L. mansiōnārius: see -ary.]
A. adj. Staying or dwelling in a place, permanently abiding, resident. ? Obs.
1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 144 Phebus wych no wher is mansonarye Stedefastly but ych daye doth varye His herberwe among the syngnys twelve. 1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v. Canon, Foreign Canons were such as did not officiate in the Canonries to which they belonged.—To these were opposed Mansionary Canons, or Canons Residentiary.
B. n. Eccl.
1. A custodian of a church.
1708–22Bingham Orig. Eccl. viii. vii. §11 Wks. 1840 II. 476 The mansionaries, or keepers of the church. 1893Month July 364 A mansionary of the church presented him [the Pope] with a reed on which was a lighted taper.
†2. An endowment for a chantry-priest. [med.L. mansionaria: see Du Cange.]
1651Howell Venice 174 If the pains of Purgatory are sayed to be but temporary, wherefore shold the simplicity of peeple be perswaded to bequeath in the behalf of their souls perpetuall Legacies and Mansionaries? |