Eccl. Hist. [ad. med.L. stagiārius, f. stagium term of residence of a canon, ad. OF. estage: see STAGE sb.] A canon residentiary.
1868. Milman, St. Paul’s, vii. 149. Still more important to the Revenues of the Dean and Stagiaries, so the Residentiaries were called.
1877. W. J. Loftie, London, vii. (1892), 154. The ‘stagiaries’ or resident canons conducted the services of the church.
1881. 8th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm., App. 634/1. 45 Edw. III. Compotus of dom. Amand Fithing, canon and stagiary of the church of St. Paul, London … of moneys received from the box.
