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Webster 1913 Edition


Petitionary

Pe-ti′tion-a-ry

,
Adj.
1.
Supplicatory; making a petition.
Pardon Rome, and any
petitionary
countrymen.
Shakespeare
2.
Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition;
as, a
petitionary
epistle
.
Swift.

Webster 1828 Edition


Petitionary

PETI'TIONARY

,
Adj.
Supplicatory; coming with a petition.
Pardon thy petitionary countrymen.
1.
Containing a petition or request; as a petitionary prayer; a petitionary epistle.

Definition 2024


petitionary

petitionary

English

Adjective

petitionary (comparative more petitionary, superlative most petitionary)

  1. supplicatory; making a petition
    Pardon Rome, and any petitionary countrymen. Shakespeare.
  2. Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition.
    A petitionary epistle Swift.

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