hebdomadaryn.adj.
/hɛbˈdɒmədəri/ A. n.
Roman Catholic Church A member of a chapter or convent, who took his (or her) weekly turn in the performance of the sacred offices of the Church.
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society > faith > church government > monasticism > monastic functionary > chapel officer > [noun]
chaplainc1405
hebdomary?c1450
hebdomadary?a1475
septimarian1655
septimanarian1845
hebdomadarian1898
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 113 The mansiones also of the ebdomadaries, prestes, and minstres.
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 127 The chapyter..ys always sayde of the ebdomedary..to whome yt longeth rather to gyue blyssynge then to aske yt in that offyce.
1864 J. B. Greenshields Ann. Parish Lesmahagow 13 While engaged in such services as they performed by weekly turns, monks were called ‘Hebdomadaries’.
1877 J. D. Chambers Divine Worship Eng. 90.
1888 ‘Bernard’ From World to Cloister 29 The voice of the Hebdomadary was heard, as he prayed.
B. adj.
Hebdomadal, weekly; doing duty for a week.
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the world > time > period > a week > [adjective] > occurring a specific number of times a week
weekly1489
hebdomadary1625
hebdomaticala1659
hebdomadal1711
septimanal1786
tri-weekly1832
semi-weekly1833
bi-weekly1885
1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. vi. 97 Marriners make six degrees of change in the tides... The second Hebdomedary, or weekely.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 361 An Hebdomadary righteousnesse, a Sabbatarian righteousnesse is no righteousnesse.
a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 7 Hebdomadary Priests neglect their turns.
1892 Speaker 30 July 141/1 Mr. Pinkerton, of the hebdomadary picnics.
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