Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One to whom or to whose decision anything is referred; a referee.
  • noun An officer acting as the medium of communication with a sovereign.
  • noun [Tr. Gr. ῤεφερενδάριος.] An official who is the medium of communication between the patriarch of Constantinople and the civil authorities. This office has existed since the sixth century.
  • Pertaining to or of the nature of a referendum.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete One to whose decision a cause is referred; a referee.
  • noun An officer who delivered the royal answer to petitions.
  • noun Formerly, an officer of state charged with the duty of procuring and dispatching diplomas and decrees.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete One to whose decision a cause is referred; a referee.
  • noun obsolete An officer who delivered the royal answer to petitions.
  • noun obsolete An officer of state charged with the duty of procuring and dispatching diplomas and decrees.

Etymologies

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Latin referendarius, from Latin referendus to be referred, gerundive of referre: compare French référendaire. See refer.

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