(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:56:48

Pe*ti"tion*a*ry (?), a.

1.

Supplicatory; making a petition.

Pardon Rome, and any petitionary countrymen. Shak.

2.

Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition; as, a petitionary epistle.

Swift.

 

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