precatory

[ prek-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of, pertaining to, characterized by, or expressing entreaty or supplication:
precatory overtures.

precatory

/ ˈprɛkətərɪ; -trɪ /

rare.
of, involving, or expressing entreaty; supplicatory Alsoprecativeˈprɛkətɪv

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1630–40; < Late Latin precātōrius, equivalent to Latin precā ( rī ) to pray, entreat + -tōrius -tory ¹

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C17: from Late Latin precātōrius relating to petitions, from Latin precārī to beg, pray

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Still this sense has pleased the editors, and they have made "of goodnesse" a precatory and interjectional expression.

The primitive forms of absolution, when confession was made to a priest, were precatory rather than declaratory.

The original form of absolution was “precatory rather than declaratory” (Plummer).

For this reason, recommendatory or precatory words used in a bequest are frequently treated as an express direction.

She got as far as Mattaincourt, sending fresh precatory letters to faithless Charles.

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