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petitionary

petitionary adjective: supplicatory or asking; making a petition.

Adjective

petitionary (not comparable)

  1. 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.c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. Containing a petition, or having the nature of a petition.
    • August 17, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift
      petitionary epistles

Origin of petitionary

From petition + -ary. Doublet of petitioner.

Words formed from petitionary

Questions about petitionary

What does petitionary mean?
Petitionary means supplicatory or asking; making a petition.
What part of speech is petitionary?
Petitionary is an adjective.

Words near petitionary in the dictionary

  1. petition
  2. petition of right
  3. petitionable
  4. petitional
  5. petitionarily
  6. petitionary
  7. petitioned
  8. petitionee
  9. petitionees
  10. petitioner
  11. petitioners

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