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obedientiar

obedientiar is the alternative form of obedientiary.

Meaning of obedientiary

Noun

obedientiary (plural obedientiaries)

  1. The holder of a monastic rank or office below that of superior.
    • Each obedientiary held his own rural estates as well as properties in the city and was supported by various unlanded officials.2004, Richard Goddard, Lordship and Medieval Urbanisation: Coventry, 1043-1355, page 95

Forms of obedientiar

pluralobedientiars

Questions about obedientiar

What is obedientiar the alternative form of?
Obedientiar is the alternative form of obedientiary.

Words near obedientiar in the dictionary

  1. obedient plant
  2. obedient plants
  3. obediential
  4. obedientially
  5. obedientialness
  6. obedientiar
  7. obedientiaries
  8. obedientiars
  9. obedientiary
  10. obediently
  11. obedientness

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