/day"teuh ree/ , n. , pl. dataries . Rom. Cath. Ch.
1. the office of the Curia Romana that investigates candidates for papal benefices.
2. the cardinal who heads this office.
[ 1520-30; dataria the office (where documents were dated); datarius the officer (who gave the dates), equiv. to LL dat ( a ) DATE 1 + L -aria, -arius -ARY ]