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Webster 1913 Edition

(spôr′tū̍-lā̍-ry̆)

Adj.

Subsisting on alms or charitable contributions.

[Obs.]

Bp. Hall.

Adj.

[L., a basket, an alms-basket.] Subsisting on alms or charitable contributions. [Little used.]

sportulary ‎(not comparable)

(obsolete, rare) Subsisting on alms or charitable contributions.
- Bishop Joseph Hall
  Hereupon it is, that these sportulary preachers are fain to sooth up their many masters […]