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Webster 1913 Edition
Gratulatory
Grat′u-la-to-ry
,Adj.
[L. gratulatorius.]
Expressing gratulation or joy; congratulatory.
The usual groundwork of such
gratulatory
odes. Bp. Horsley.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gratulatory
GRAT'ULATORY
,Adj.
Definition 2024
gratulatory
gratulatory
English
Adjective
gratulatory (comparative more gratulatory, superlative most gratulatory)
- (archaic) congratulatory
- 1844, Various, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXLV. July, 1844. Vol. LVI.:
- The blissful day over, and the happy bride and bridegroom withdrawing from the banquet and the dance, the well-pleased chirping, able little tutor hopped before them, and led them to the hymeneal bower with floral flute, and gratulatory song!"
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