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residentiary

[rez-i-den-shee-er-ee, -shuh-ree]

res·i·den·ti·ar·y

[rez-i-den-shee-er-ee, -shuh-ree] adjective, noun, plural -ar·ies.
adjective
1.
residing; resident.
2.
involving or under obligation to be in official residence.
noun
3.
a resident.
4.
an ecclesiastic bound to official residence.

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Residentiary has a plethora of syllables.
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a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.

Origin:
1515–25; < Medieval Latin residentiārius, equivalent to residenti(a) residence + -ārius -ary
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residentiary (ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃərɪ)
 
adj
1.  residing in a place, esp officially; resident
2.  subject to an obligation to reside in an official residence: a residentiary benefice
 
n , -tiaries
3.  a member of the clergy obliged to reside in the place of his official appointment

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