nonce-wd. [f. L. quotīdiē (see QUOTIDIAN), as rendering of Gr. ἐφημερευτής.] A daily official (among the Essenes).

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a. 1641.  Bp. Mountagu, Acts & Mon. (1642), 434. At warning given by one whom they call Ephemerenter or Quotidiarian they all meet together.

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