Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PE-TI'TION-A-RY
PE-TI'TION-A-RI-LYPE-TI'TION-ED
PE-TI'TION-A-RY, a.
- Supplicatory; coming with a petition. Pardon thy petitionary countrymen. – Shak.
- Containing a petition or request; as, a petitionary prayer; a petitionary epistle. – Hooker. Swift.
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