institutionary
Americanadjective
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of or relating to an institution or institutions; institutional.
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of or relating to institution, especially ecclesiastical institution.
Etymology
Origin of institutionary
First recorded in 1640–50; institution + -ary
Example Sentences
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The former are dramatic or imitative, the latter institutionary.
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Considered in the gross, they can be classed as of two kinds, the first and earliest propitiatory, the second and later memorial or institutionary.
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Institutionary rites are those avowedly designed to commemorate a myth or event, and to strengthen thereby the religious organization.
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Christian baptism is by some denominations looked upon as a commemorative or institutionary rite only; and the same is the case with the Lord’s Supper.
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In any ordinary meaning of his words, he regarded them both as institutionary.
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