Referendary /(r?f`?r*?n"d?*r?)/

Ref·er·en·da·ry

Referendary

n.
  1. One to whose decision a cause is referred; a referee. [Obs.]
  2. An officer who delivered the royal answer to petitions.
  3. Formerly, an officer of state charged with the duty of procuring and dispatching diplomas and decrees.