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silentiary

silentiary noun: a person who keeps silent, especially from religious motives.

Noun

silentiary (plural silentiaries)

  1. A person who keeps silent, especially from religious motives.
  2. (historical) An official at any of several courts who maintained silence.

Forms of silentiary

pluralsilentiaries

Origin of silentiary

Probably borrowed from Late Latin silentiarius.

Questions about silentiary

What does silentiary mean?
Silentiary means a person who keeps silent, especially from religious motives.
What part of speech is silentiary?
Silentiary is a noun.
What is the plural of silentiary?
The plural of silentiary is silentiaries.

Words near silentiary in the dictionary

  1. silent-but-violents
  2. silenter
  3. silentest
  4. silential
  5. silentiaries
  6. silentiary
  7. silentious
  8. silentiously
  9. silentiousness
  10. silentish
  11. silently

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