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Referendary
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noun
Referendary
n.
1.
One to whose decision a cause is referred; a referee. (Obs.)
2.
An officer who delivered the royal answer to petitions.
"Referendaries, or masters of request."
3.
Formerly, an officer of state charged with the duty of procuring and dispatching diplomas and decrees.
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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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Lord Chancellor, Lord Justice; Master of the Rolls, Vice Chancellor; Lord Chief Justice, Chief Baron; Mr. Justice, Associate Justice, Chief Justice; Baron, Baron of the Exchequer. jurat [Lat.], assessor; arbiter, arbitrator; umpire; referee,
referendary
^; revising barrister; domesman^; censor &c (critic) 480; barmaster^, ephor^; grand juror, grand juryman; juryman, talesman. archon, tribune, praetor, syndic, podesta^, mollah^, ulema, mufti, cadi^, kadi^; Rhadamanthus^. litigant &c (accusation) 938. V. adjudge &c (determine) 480;
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