adj
Meaning 1
Relating to numbers or numbering.
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Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
numerary
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adj
Meaning 2
Of a position which is held by a certain person permanently (in an administration or academy).
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Usage: not-comparable
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noun
Meaning 3
A person with a numerary or permanent position.
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noun
Meaning 4
A celibate lay member of Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic religious institution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
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History
Etymology
From Latin numerarius, from numerus (“number”). Doublet of numéraire.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: luvullinen — relating to numbers — see also quantitative, numerical, numeric, numeral
- Finnish: numeerinen — relating to numbers — see also quantitative, numerical, numeric, numeral
- Spanish: numerario — relating to numbers — see also quantitative, numerical, numeric, numeral
- Finnish: vakituinen — permanent — see also permanent
- Finnish: vaki- — permanent — see also permanent
- Spanish: numerario — permanent — see also permanent
- Finnish: vakityöntekijä — person with a permanent position
- Finnish: vakituinen — person with a permanent position
- Finnish: vakkari — person with a permanent position
- Finnish: numeraari — Roman Catholicism