petitionary

American  

[puh-tish-uh-ner-ee] / pəˈtɪʃ əˌnɛr i /

adjective

1. of the nature of or expressing a petition.

2. Archaic. petitioning; suppliant.

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Etymology

Origin of petitionary

First recorded in 1570–80; petition + -ary

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Example Sentences

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petitionary

Her hands were clasped with the sweetest petitionary grace.

From The Black Douglas by Frank Richards

And, therefore, no petitionary prayers find a place in the service of the ethical Church.

From Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles by W. R. Washington Sullivan

And while she hesitated, from the room above came the soft, racking, petitionary music of a violin.

From Strictly business: more stories of the four million by O. Henry

For I perceive your Salutations are petitionary, like those of Beggars.

From Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. by Desiderius Erasmus

Conversely, the State may revoke an improvident grant of the public petitionary without recourse to the power of eminent domain, such a grant being inherently beyond the power of the State to make.

From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Edward Samuel Corwin

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