abnegatory
abnegatory adjective: of or relating to abnegation; serving to abnegate.
Adjective
abnegatory (comparative more abnegatory, superlative most abnegatory)
- Of or relating to abnegation; serving to abnegate.
- […] he spake not with a iudiciary anathema, but with an anathema abiuratory, and abnegatory whereby hee did not seperate Liberius from the communion of the Church, who had alreadie seperated himselfe, […] but whereby he seperated himselfe from the communion of Liberius.1630, Elizabeth Cary (translator), The Reply of the Most Illustrious Cardinall of Perron, to the Answeare of the Most Excellent King of Great Britaine the First Tome, Douay: Martin Bogart, Chapter...
- To say that the blanks left by such men are not felt—to say that their places can be readily supplied would be absurd, and unwise as abnegatory of that high reputation which the Society has ever enjoyed.1848 May 1, “New Society of Painters in Water-colours: Fourteenth Exhibition—1848”, in The Art-Union, volume 10, page 141
Forms of abnegatory
| comparative | more abnegatory |
|---|---|
| superlative | most abnegatory |
Words formed from abnegatory
Questions about abnegatory
- What does abnegatory mean?
- Abnegatory means of or relating to abnegation; serving to abnegate.
- What part of speech is abnegatory?
- Abnegatory is an adjective.
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