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conductitious, a.|kɒndʌkˈtɪʃəs|
[f. L. conductīcius, f. conduct-, ppl. stem of condūcĕre, in sense to ‘hire’: see -itious.]
Hired, employed for wages or reward; open to hire, kept for hire.
1607Schol. Disc. agst. Antichr. i. iii. 150 Auncient times..allowed not a Conductitious Presbyter to be an out-leate for the lazines of others. 1666J. Smith Old Age To Rdr. (ed. 2) 2 Rubs and petulant endeavours of all Conductitious detractors. 1726Ayliffe Parerg. 190 Neither Titularies, nor perpetual Curates; but Persons entirely conductitious, and removeable at Pleasure. 1818Syd. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 241 Any of the conductitious penmen of government. 1880Bp. of Carlisle in Macm. Mag. No. 246. 478 Horses..proprietary and conductitious..in Cambridge. |