Regionary

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of regionarius (“type of Roman Catholic ecclesiastic”). historical
  2. 2
    A catalogue of monuments and buildings in ancient Rome, produced from a survey. historical
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical region. not-comparable

    "Not surprisingly, the regionary magistrates do not appear very often in the historians: not every aedile turned out like Vespasian."

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"Not surprisingly, the regionary magistrates do not appear very often in the historians: not every aedile turned out like Vespasian."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin regionarius, referring to a deacon in charge of one of the seven wards of Rome, from Latin regiō + -ārius. Equivalent to region + -ary. Doublet of regionarius.

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