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English
Etymology
From petition + -ary. Doublet of petitioner.
Adjective
petitionary (not comparable)
- supplicatory or asking; making a petition
c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :I have been blown out of your gates with sighs; and conjure thee to pardon Rome and thy petitionary countrymen.
- Containing a petition, or having the nature of a petition.
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