Definition of Stipendiary

1. Noun. (United Kingdom) a paid magistrate (appointed by the Home Secretary) dealing with police cases.


2. Adjective. Pertaining to or of the nature of a stipend or allowance. "Stipendiary funds"
Partainyms: Stipend
Derivative terms: Stipend

3. Adjective. Receiving or eligible for compensation. "A stipendiary magistrate"
Exact synonyms: Compensated, Remunerated, Salaried
Similar to: Paid

4. Adjective. For which money is paid. "Stipendiary services"
Exact synonyms: Compensable, Paying, Remunerative, Salaried
Similar to: Paid
Derivative terms: Remunerate

Definition of Stipendiary

1. a. Receiving wages, or salary; performing services for a stated price or compensation.

2. n. One who receives a stipend.

Definition of Stipendiary

1. Adjective. receiving a stipend ¹

2. Noun. One who receives a stipend. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stipendiary

1. [n -RIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stipendiary

stinty
stip
stipa
stipas
stipe
stiped
stipel
stipella
stipellae
stipellar
stipellate
stipels
stipend
stipendary
stipendiaries
stipendiary (current term)
stipendiary magistrate
stipendless
stipends
stipes
stipiform
stipitate
stipites
stipitiform
stipped
stipping
stipple
stippled
stippler
stipplers

Literary usage of Stipendiary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Canadian Law Timesby Armour, Edward Douglas, 1851-1922, Judicial Committee, Great Britain, Elliott, Charles, Privy Council, Gillis, Edward, Hunter, Alfred Taylour, 1867-1957, Thompson, Bram by Armour, Edward Douglas, 1851-1922, Judicial Committee, Great Britain, Elliott, Charles, Privy Council, Gillis, Edward, Hunter, Alfred Taylour, 1867-1957, Thompson, Bram (1907)
"Held, that there was sufficient proof of C. having been duly commissioned to act as stipendiary magistrate for the county of W., and that under the above ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law Relating to Municipal Corporations in England and Wales by Thomas James Arnold, Samuel George Johnson (1883)
"Appointment of stipendiary magistrate. (2.) No room in a house licensed for ... If the council desire the appointment of a stipendiary magistrate (a) for ..."

3. The Statutes of Nova Scotia by Nova Scotia (1906)
"An Act to amend Chapter 33, Revised Statutes, 1900, " Of stipendiary Magistrates," and ... (3) It shall not be necessary that such additional stipendiary ..."

4. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"In the case of the stipendiary branch, the demand for it is at its ... But in the instance of the stipendiary force, when minimization of the number is ..."

5. Annual Report by Correctional Association of New York (1870)
"COKE FOWLER, stipendiary Magistrate, and a Visiting Justice of the Prisons of Swansea and Cardiff". 10. FROM SIR JOHN BOWRING, CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ..."

6. Selections from the Papers of Lord Metcalfe, Late Governor-general of India by Charles Theophilus Metcalfe Metcalfe, John William Kaye (1855)
"stipendiary MAGISTRATES. [At page 327 reference is made to the circumstances under -which the stipendiary Magistrates were appointed. ..."

7. Selections from the Papers of Lord Metcalfe, Late Governor-general of India by Charles Theophilus Metcalfe Metcalfe, John William Kaye (1855)
"stipendiary MAGISTRATES. [At page 327 reference is made to the circumstances under which the stipendiary Magistrates were appointed. ..."

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