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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[LL.

numerarius

: cf. F.

numéraire

Belonging to a certain number; counting as one of a collection or body.

A supernumerary canon, when he obtains a prebend, becomes a

numerary

canon.

Ayliffe.

Adj.

Belonging to a certain number.

A supernumerary canon, when he obtains a prebend, becomes a numerary canon.

numerary ‎(not comparable)

Relating to numbers or numbering.
Of a position which is held by a certain person permanently (in an administration or academy).

numerary ‎(plural numeraries)