precatory
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or expressing entreaty or supplication: precatory overtures.
Origin of precatory
1- Also prec·a·tive [prek-uh-tiv]. /ˈprɛk ə tɪv/.
Words Nearby precatory
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How to use precatory in a sentence
Still this sense has pleased the editors, and they have made "of goodnesse" a precatory and interjectional expression.
The primitive forms of absolution, when confession was made to a priest, were precatory rather than declaratory.
The Expositor's Bible: | Alfred PlummerThe original form of absolution was “precatory rather than declaratory” (Plummer).
Studies in the Epistle of James | A. T. RobertsonFor this reason, recommendatory or precatory words used in a bequest are frequently treated as an express direction.
She got as far as Mattaincourt, sending fresh precatory letters to faithless Charles.
Odd Bits of History | Henry W. Wolff
British Dictionary definitions for precatory
/ (ˈprɛkətərɪ, -trɪ) /
rare of, involving, or expressing entreaty; supplicatory: Also: precative (ˈprɛkətɪv)
Origin of precatory
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