referendary
referendary is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.An officer who delivered the royal answer to petitions. "Referendaries, or masters of request." Harmar.
- 2.Formerly, an officer of state charged with the duty of procuring and dispatching diplomas and decrees.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accusation
- adjudge
- arbiter
- arbitrator
- archon
- assessor
- assistant
- assize
- barmaster
- barrister
- beak
- box
- cadi
- case
- censor
- chancellor
- come
- common
- conservator
- county
- court
- critic
- determine
- domesman
- ephor
- grand
- his
- honor
- judge
- judgment
- judicial
- jurat
- juror
- jury
- juryman
- justice
- justiciar
- justiciary
- kadi
- litigant
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is referendary.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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