ratificatory
ratificatory adjective: pertaining to or characterized by ratification.
Adjective
ratificatory (comparative more ratificatory, superlative most ratificatory)
- Pertaining to or characterized by ratification.
- The Know-Nothings of the Capital held a ratificatory, glorificatory and speechificatory meeting in the State House on last Saturday evening, which wes^([sic]) intended to be a very grand and glorious affair.1856 March 17, Amigo [pseudonym], “Letter from the Capital. […]”, in New Orleans Daily Delta, volume XI, number 145, New Orleans, La., published 21 March 1856, →ISSN, →OCLC, front page, column 4
- To make the bitter move easier to swallow, both Klaus and Meciar have deployed a considerable propagandist arsenal for anesthesing the population. Both have abused publicly owned media for political purposes and both have mislead people about "referendum", then about "ex-post ratificatory...2001 August 4, Roman Kanala, “Who destroyed Czechoslovakia”, in bit.listserv.mideur-l (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Jul 2026
Examples of ratificatory in a sentence
- Both have abused publicly owned media for political purposes and both have mislead people about "referendum", then about "ex-post ratificatory referendum" that have never been held.2001 August 4, Roman Kanala, “Who destroyed Czechoslovakia”, in bit.listserv.mideur-l (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Jul 2026:
- Having not heard you pronounce Telugu words before, I can't be as ratificatory as Balaji about your pronunciation: I'm am^([sic]) not quite sure what the "~" represents.2004 November 13, UVR, “Ghantasala”, in rec.music.indian.misc (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Jul 2026:
- Proceed to obtain all ratificatory approvals,resolutions and set the records in order,pls.2009 October 15, venkata ramana, “voilation^([sic]) of 293(1)(d)”, in CSMysore (Google Groups), archived from the original on 01 Jul 2026:
Forms of ratificatory
| comparative | more ratificatory |
|---|---|
| superlative | most ratificatory |
Origin of ratificatory
Possibly from Latin ratificātus + -ory, after ratification.
Questions about ratificatory
- What does ratificatory mean?
- Ratificatory means pertaining to or characterized by ratification.
- How do you use ratificatory in a sentence?
- Both have abused publicly owned media for political purposes and both have mislead people about "referendum", then about "ex-post ratificatory referendum" that have never been held.
- What part of speech is ratificatory?
- Ratificatory is an adjective.
Words near ratificatory in the dictionary
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