Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

referendary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ref-er-endary
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One to whose decision a cause is referred; a referee.

Obsolete

noun

An officer who delivered the royal answer to petitions.

noun

An officer of state charged with the duty of procuring and dispatching diplomas and decrees.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"let him choose well his referendaries , for else he may be led by the nose"
"In the writs of Merovingian kings , the king normally signed his name first , and his referendary followed"
"referendaries were involved in the presentation of petitions to the king"

Etymology

From Latin referendarius, from Latin referendus (“to be referred”), gerundive of referre. Compare French référendaire. See refer.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: referendarius, referendus

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

referendaries (plural)

Derived Forms

referendaryship

Questions

What does referendary mean?: One to whose decision a cause is referred; a referee.
Where does referendary come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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