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Definition of "numerary" [nu•mer•a•ry]

  • Of or relating to a number or numbers. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "numerary" in a sentence
  • "She described working as a so-called numerary assistant, performing housework seven days a week from early morning until late at night, and relinquishing her pay to her superiors."
  • "Third-set dentition -- extra/super-numerary teeth -- are rare, but do happen, and there might be a way to encourage this."
  • "I heard a numerary once tell about how a prostitute in Spain lay near death, and some of her co-workers asked St. Josemaria to come give her the last rites in a house of ill repute."