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Meaning of referendary | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. One to whose decision a cause is referred; a referee.
    obsolete
  2. An officer who delivered the royal answer to petitions.
    historical
  3. An officer of state charged with the duty of procuring and dispatching diplomas and decrees.
    obsolete

Equivalents

Suomi esittelijä

Examples

“let him choose well his referendaries , for else he may be led by the nose”
“In the writs of Merovingian kings , the king normally signed his name first , and his referendary followed”
“referendaries were involved in the presentation of petitions to the king”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

referendaryship referendum Referent referential referential integrity referential opacity

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