Numerary

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

  Numerary \Nu"mer*a*ry\, a. [LL. numerarius: cf. F.
     num['e]raire.]
     Belonging to a certain number; counting as one of a
     collection or body.
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           A supernumerary canon, when he obtains a prebend,
           becomes a numerary canon.                --Ayliffe.
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