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conventionary

conventionary adjective: acting under contract; settled by express agreement.

Adjective

conventionary (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Acting under contract; settled by express agreement.
    • conventionary tenants
    • conventionary rents1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] for Iohn Iaggard, […], →OCLC

Origin of conventionary

From convention + -ary.

Questions about conventionary

What does conventionary mean?
Conventionary means acting under contract; settled by express agreement.
What part of speech is conventionary?
Conventionary is an adjective.

Words near conventionary in the dictionary

  1. conventionalized
  2. conventionalizes
  3. conventionalizing
  4. conventionally
  5. conventionals
  6. conventionary
  7. conventioneer
  8. conventioneering
  9. conventioneers
  10. conventioner
  11. conventioners

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