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numerary

numerary adjective: relating to numbers or numbering.

Adjective

numerary (not comparable)

  1. Relating to numbers or numbering.
  2. Of a position which is held by a certain person permanently (in an administration or academy).

Noun

numerary (plural numeraries)

  1. A person with a numerary or permanent position.
  2. A celibate lay member of Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic religious institution.
    • Like numeraries, assistant numeraries are celibates who live in Opus Dei centres.2024 March 16, Antonia Cundy, “The Opus Dei diaries”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 17

numerary meaning in Urdu

numerary in Urdu

کسی گنتی کا حصہ

Forms of numerary

pluralnumeraries

Origin of numerary

From Latin numerarius, from numerus (“number”). Doublet of numéraire.

Words formed from numerary

Phrases with numerary

Questions about numerary

What does numerary mean?
Numerary means relating to numbers or numbering.
What is numerary in Urdu?
Numerary in Urdu is کسی گنتی کا حصہ. See Numerary meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is numerary?
Numerary can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near numerary in the dictionary

  1. numeraled
  2. Numeralla
  3. numerally
  4. numerals
  5. numeraries
  6. numerary
  7. numerary adjunct
  8. numerary adjuncts
  9. numerate
  10. numerated
  11. numerately

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: numerary (page history and authors); numerary (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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