stationar Eccl.
(ˈsteɪʃənə(r))
[ad. med.L. use of late L. statiōnārius: see stationary n.]
† 1. Used to render G. stationirer, mendicant friar.
| c 1640 H. Bell Luther's Colloq. Mens. (1652) 285 It will ere long com to that pass in Germanie (said Luther) as it is in Spain and in France, where no Preachers are, but onely Runners up and down, as in former time with us the Stationars were. |
2. (See quot.)
| 1868 Walcott Sacred Archæol. 554 The Roman churches in which the Pontiff officiates on stated days are called churches of the stations or mansionary, and the assistant clergy are spoken of as stationars. |