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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1600-1699
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Stipendiary, Stipendarie, adj. [e.m.E. stipendary (1540), stipendiary (c1545), f. as Stipendiar,n.] Of a church minister: That receives a stipend from a source other than the congregation or parish he serves. — c1650 Spalding II 291.
Becaus oure minister wes ane stipendarie minister, put in be the said college to serve at oure kirk, out of the deanrie of Abirdene annext to the same vniuersitie 16… Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. III 80.
And if a town or parish resolve to make a second minister when they are not patrons, this is called a stipendiary minister
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