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impetratory

impetratory adjective: begging; imploratory.

Adjective

impetratory (comparative more impetratory, superlative most impetratory)

  1. (obsolete) begging; imploratory
    • It follows then that the celebration of this sacrifice be, in its proportion, an instrument of applying the proper sacrifice to all the purposes for which it was first designed. It is ministerially, and by application, an instrument propitiatory; it is eucharistical; it is an homage and an act of...1816, Jeremy Taylor, “XLX, 4”, in Discourses
    Synonyms:
    impetrative

Synonyms of impetratory

Forms of impetratory

comparativemore impetratory
superlativemost impetratory

Questions about impetratory

What does impetratory mean?
Impetratory means begging; imploratory.
What part of speech is impetratory?
Impetratory is an adjective.

Words near impetratory in the dictionary

  1. impetration
  2. impetrations
  3. impetrative
  4. impetrator
  5. impetrators
  6. impetratory
  7. impetuosities
  8. impetuosity
  9. impetuous
  10. impetuously
  11. impetuousness

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