Datary

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Datary \Da"ta*ry\, n. [LL. datarius. See {Dataria}.]
     1. (R. C. Ch.) An officer in the pope's court, having charge
        of the Dataria.
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     2. The office or employment of a datary.


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From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  DATARY, n.  A high ecclesiastic official of the Roman Catholic Church,
  whose important function is to brand the Pope's bulls with the words
  _Datum Romae_.  He enjoys a princely revenue and the friendship of
  God.