stipendiary

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In times of crisis, 18 volunteer magistrates and a stipendiary full-time magistrate took charge of law and order, and it was this body of anxious men who would precipitate the crisis of the day.

From The Guardian • Jan. 4, 2018

James Norris, the stipendiary magistrate, was known as a man of urbanity and gentlemanly manners, but his colleague the Rev William Hay was fiercer.

From The Guardian • Jan. 4, 2018

It's unlikely Jesus would have known Latin beyond a few words, says Jonathan Katz, stipendiary lecturer in Classics at Oxford University.

From BBC • May 27, 2014

The moment I knew I was in trouble was when the stipendiary steward asked the trainer, 'Is it possible for a jockey to make a horse bleed during the course of the race?'

From The Guardian • Mar. 26, 2013

When captured by the Romans they made it a stipendiary town.

From Cathedral Cities of England by Gilbert, George