Obs. Also 5 catarie. [Aphetic form of ACATERY, a. OF. acaterie; see CATER sb.1 and -Y3.] The office concerned with the supply of the provisions of the royal household.
1455. in Househ. Ord. (1790), 21. Th’ office of the Catery.
1531. Dial. Laws of Eng., II. xlii. (1638), 136. The Serjeant of the Catery shall satisfie all the debt.
1779. Kelham, Dict. Norman (T.). Serjeaunt de l’acaterie, serjeant of the catery.
