stipendiary

[stahy-pen-dee-er-ee]

sti·pen·di·ar·y

[stahy-pen-dee-er-ee] adjective, noun, plural sti·pen·di·ar·ies.
adjective
1.
receiving a stipend; performing services for regular pay.
2.
paid for by a stipend: stipendiary services.
3.
pertaining to or of the nature of a stipend.
noun
4.
a person who receives a stipend.

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Stipendiary has a plethora of syllables.
So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
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.

Origin:
1535–45; < Latin stīpendiārius, equivalent to stīpendi(um) stipend + -ārius -ary
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stipendiary (staɪˈpɛndɪərɪ)
 
adj
1.  receiving or working for regular pay: a stipendiary magistrate
2.  paid for by a stipend
 
n , -aries
3.  a person who receives regular payment
 
[C16: from Latin stīpendiārius concerning tribute, from stīpendiumstipend]

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