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Webster 1913 Edition
Petitionary
Pe-tiā²tion-a-ry
,Adj.
1.
Supplicatory; making a petition.
Pardon Rome, and any
petitionary
countrymen. Shakespeare
2.
Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition;
as, a
. petitionary
epistleSwift.
Webster 1828 Edition
Petitionary
PETI'TIONARY
,Adj.
Pardon thy petitionary countrymen.
1.
Containing a petition or request; as a petitionary prayer; a petitionary epistle.