contributories
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pluralof contributory.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In looking directly at the discomfort of long-term hospitalized psychiatric patients, I found myself faced with behaviors that resulted possibly from a muddle of many contributories.
From Humanistic Nursing by Josephine G. Paterson
Tumult and commotion are almost as necessary contributories to the success of the stratagem as is the cable.
From Tropic Days by E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield
Or have the citizens at large, being contributories to the maintenance funds, a right to vote?
From Unitarianism by W.G. Tarrant
Such power is not neutralized by our infirmities; it asserts itself under their limiting conditions and makes them its contributories.
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by G. G. Findlay
He may be assisted, like a trustee in bankruptcy, by a committee of inspection, composed of creditors and contributories.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various