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Webster 1913 Edition
Numerary
Nu′mer-a-ry
,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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Numerary
NU'MERARY
,Adj.
A supernumerary canon, when he obtains a prebend, becomes a numerary canon.