petitionary

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Definition of petitionary

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

(not-comparable)supplicatory or asking; making a petition

“I have been blown out of your gates with sighs; and conjure thee to pardon Rome and thy petitionary countrymen.”

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adj

(not-comparable)supplicatory or asking; making a petition

“I have been blown out of your gates with sighs; and conjure thee to pardon Rome and thy petitionary countrymen.”
(not-comparable)Containing a petition, or having the nature of a petition.

“August 17, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift petitionary epistles”

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From petition + -ary. Doublet of petitioner.

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