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noun
The holder of a monastic rank or office below that of superior.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From Medieval Latin obedientiarius, from Latin oboedientia (“obedience”) + la + -arius. By surface analysis, from obedient + -i- (“connecting vowel”) + -ary.
