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sportulary

sportulary adjective: subsisting on alms or charitable contributions.

Adjective

sportulary (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Subsisting on alms or charitable contributions.
    • Hereupon it is, that these sportulary preachers are fain to sooth up their many masters […]1649, Joseph Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Divers Practicall cases of Conscience

Questions about sportulary

What does sportulary mean?
Sportulary means subsisting on alms or charitable contributions.
What part of speech is sportulary?
Sportulary is an adjective.

Words near sportulary in the dictionary

  1. sportswriters
  2. sportswriting
  3. sportsy
  4. sportula
  5. sportulae
  6. sportulary
  7. sportule
  8. sportules
  9. sportwear
  10. sportweight
  11. sporty

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