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obedientiary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
obe-di-en-tiary
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The holder of a monastic rank or office below that of superior.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Medieval Latin obedientiarius, from Latin oboedientia (“obedience”) + la + -arius. By surface analysis, from obedient + -i- (“connecting vowel”) + -ary.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: obedientiarius, oboedientia

Inflected Forms

obedientiaries (plural)

Questions

What does obedientiary mean?
The holder of a monastic rank or office below that of superior.
Where does obedientiary come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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