Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

censitary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cen-si-tary
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

(of an elective franchise, especially in the nineteenth century) dependent on or proportional to a poll tax (cense) or property qualification; restricted.

Example Sentences

"The composition of the Provincial and District Assemblies out of representatives of the three orders (peasants, clergy, and nobles), and the censitary provisions taken for keeping the representatives of the peasants in a minority, were, as experience has shown, a useless and vexatious precaution."
"By 1791-92, the two camps were moving toward a property-based, or censitary, compromise"

Etymology

From Medieval Latin censitarius, from Latin censere (“assess (for tax)”). Compare French censitaire, Spanish and Italian censitario.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: censitarius, censere

Inflected Forms

censitarian (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

cense censor census

Antonyms

universal

Questions

What does censitary mean?: (of an elective franchise, especially in the nineteenth century) dependent on or proportional to a poll tax (cense) or property qualification; restricted.
Where does censitary come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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