datary

datary
/day"teuh ree/, n., pl. dataries. Rom. Cath. Ch.
1. the office of the Curia Romana that investigates candidates for papal benefices.
2. the cardinal who heads this office.
[1520-30; < ML *dataria the office (where documents were dated); datarius the officer (who gave the dates), equiv. to LL dat(a) DATE1 + L -aria, -arius -ARY]

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