Petitionary

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Petitionary \Pe*ti"tion*a*ry\, a.
     1. Supplicatory; making a petition.
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              Pardon Rome, and any petitionary countrymen. --Shak.
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     2. Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition; as, a
        petitionary epistle. --Swift.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  petitionary
       adj : of the nature of or expressing a petition; "the petitionary
             procedure had a quality of indecisiveness"