Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One appointed to keep silence and order, especially in a court of justice or a public assembly.
- noun A privy councilor; one sworn not to divulge secrets of state: as, Paul the Silentiary (Paulus Silentiarius), an officer of Justinian's court.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One appointed to keep silence and order in court; also, one sworn not to divulge secrets of state.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who keeps
silent , especially from religious motives - noun An
official at any of severalcourts who maintainedsilence
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Examples
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A similar supplication of Ælurus to Leo, sent by the silentiary Diomede, is mentioned by Anastasius Sin.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Christian religion; his mother was the daughter of a senator; during his youth he had served ten years a silentiary of the Byzantine palace, and the arrears of an unpaid salary were a motive of attachment as well as of complaint.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765
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[8611] The king of the Lazi had been educated in the Christian religion; his mother was the daughter of a senator; during his youth he had served ten years a silentiary of the Byzantine palace, [87] and the arrears of an unpaid salary were a motive of attachment as well as of complaint.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765
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* The king of the Lazi had been educated in the Christian religion; his mother was the daughter of a senator; during his youth he had served ten years a silentiary of the Byzantine palace, 87 and the arrears of an unpaid salary were a motive of attachment as well as of complaint.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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