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▪ I. officiary, n.|əˈfɪʃɪərɪ|
[In I, f. as next; in II, ad. med.L. type *officiāria, f. officiārius officer.]
I.
1. An officer or official. rare.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xxi. §98. 1025 Without any trouble, vexation or impeachment..by his heires, or by any his Officiaries, Ministers, or Subjects. 1814Coleridge Lett., to D. Stuart 30 Oct. (1895) 635 Human jurisprudence..knows nothing of persons, other than as properties, officiaries, subjects. 1845J. Martineau Misc. (1852) 144 The staff of government officiaries.
2. A body of officers; an official body. U.S.
1888Voice (N.Y.) 5 Apr., It would be next to impossible..to get a city officiary in sympathy with the law. 1889Chr. Union (N.Y.) 10 Jan., The virtual contract between officiary and pew-holder.
II.
3. A division of a Highland estate, in charge of a ground officer. Still (1902) in use on the Breadalbane (and possibly on some other large) estates, where, however, several officiaries are now in charge of one ground officer.
1799J. Robertson Agric. Perth 39 The great estates are divided into officiaries, each consisting of an ancient barony, or a tract of land sufficient to entitle the possessor to the privileges of a baron of the realm, provided he held his land of the crown. In each of these districts resides a ground-officer, from which circumstance they have derived their modern appellation. Ibid. 418. 1902 A. Seath (Breadalbane Estate Office) in Let. Apr. 17 There are 13 officiaries on the Perthshire Estate under the care of only 2 Ground Officers.
▪ II. officiary, a.|əˈfɪʃɪərɪ|
[ad. med.L. officiāri-us, f. officium office: see -ary1.]
1. Of a title, etc.: Attached to or derived from an office held. Of a dignitary: Having a title or rank derived from office.
1612Selden Illustr. Drayton's Poly-olb. xi. 193 The title being officiary, not hereditary. 1670Heylin Hist. Presbyt. 3 The City and Signiory of Geneva..was governed by Officiary and Titular Earls. 1707Chamberlayne St. Gt. Brit. iii. iii. 274 The Earl Marshal of England, is not only Honorary, as all the rest, but also officiary. 1801R. Patton Asiat. Mon. 145 The zemindar's appointment was officiary.
2. Belonging to, or holding, office; official. rare.
1755T. Amory Mem. (1769) I. 296 The Romish mass and rites..successors of the pagan gods in officiary dignity. 1857Heavysege Saul (1869) 62, I hold thee light, officiary angel. |