stipendiary

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   receiving a fixed stipend or salary, especially for clerical, judicial, or public service

   The parish appointed a stipendiary priest to serve the growing congregation.

2. 2
   noun

   a person who receives a stipend, salary, or regular allowance for service

   Each stipendiary was paid from the institution's annual endowment.

3. 3
   noun

   historical British usage: a salaried professional magistrate

   The case was heard by a stipendiary rather than by unpaid lay magistrates.

Common collocations

• stipendiary magistrate Adjective + noun

From Latin stipendiarius ('receiving pay'), from stipendium ('pay, tax, military wages'), traditionally connected with stips ('contribution') + pendere ('to weigh or pay'). The noun developed from the adjective for a salaried officeholder.

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