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petitionary
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective petitionary has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
petitionary, a.
- Supplicatory; making a petition. [1913 Webster]"Pardon Rome, and any petitionary countrymen." [1913 Webster]
- Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition; as, a petitionary epistle. Swift. [1913 Webster]
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