oboedientiarius

oboedientiarius [ML] 1 (as adj.): a (of person) who holds ecclesiastical or monastic office as an obedentiary; b (of office) of an obedientiary. a 1233 de monachis ~iis BNB II 601 marg. b 1306 religiosi ‥ in dignitatibus ~iis, seu officiis quibuslibet constituti Conc. II 285b.. 2 (as sb. m., eccl. & mon.) holder of office or head of department in church or monastery, an obedientiary; b (dist. as principalis or minor). de monacho quem ~ium fecerit, respondeat abbas ejus per omnia, sicut rectum sit (Leg. Hen. 23.4) GAS 561; unde contigit quod quilibet ~ius haberet sigillum proprium Brakelond f. 121; 1205 prior et obedienziarii Sancti Swith’Wint’ habent litteras patentes de simplici protectione Pat 50a; 1239 pro obedionariis Wintonie, de bailliis suis recipiendis Cl 158; omnes ‥ ~ios ejusdem monasterii facit bona sua ‥ fideliter taxare M. Par. Min. III 336; super sergentariis laicorum et ~iis Roffensis ecclesie Flor. Hist. II 368. b c1206 prior et subprior et quinque principales ~ii, sc. celerarius, camerarius, elemosinarius, sacrista et prior de S. Ivone, non ponantur neque deponantur sine consilio conventus et in capitulo Cart. Rams. II 213; 1234 minores vero ~ii aliis intersint regularibus horis Vis. Bury 730; omnes principales ~ii hujus ecclesie, sc. sacrista, celerarius, camerarius, elemosinarius, infirmarius, pitanciarius, revestiarius, et maneriorum custodes ‥ Ib. 735. 3 (of bishop as owing allegiance to archbishop); b (in papal court). 1350 vos [Lincoln. episcopus] ‥ cervices degeneres vobis erigere statuistis ‥ adjicientes vos non esse ~ium, aut subditum nostrum nec ecclesie nostre Cantuar” Conc. III 7b. b Avinionensis presidentis ~iorum ex parte ‥ venit ambassiata Ad. Usk 87.

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