Obs. rare. Also 9 quæst-. [ad. med.L. questiōnāri-us: see QUESTION and -ARY1.] 1. = QUESTIONIST.

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1435.  Misyn, Fire of Love, 3. I trowe þies þinges here contenyd, of þies questionaries … may noȝt be vnderstandyd.

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1563.  Foxe, A. & M., 589/2. Then did he rede openly … Paules Epistles, and put by Douns and Dorbel, & yet he was a questionary him selfe.

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1787.  Minor, II. xx. 141. Are you become a questionary at this time of day?

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  2.  = QUESTOR 1.

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1820.  Scott, Abbot, xxvii. A quæstionary or pardoner, one of those itinerants who hawked about … reliques.

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