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numerary
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Numerary \Nu"mer*a*ry\, a. [LL. numerarius: cf. F.
num['e]raire.]
Belonging to a certain number; counting as one of a
collection or body.
[1913 Webster]
A supernumerary canon, when he obtains a prebend,
becomes a numerary canon. --Ayliffe.
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