'Petitionary' definitions:
Definition of 'petitionary'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of the nature of or expressing a petition; "the petitionary procedure had a quality of indecisiveness"
Definition of 'Petitionary'
From: GCIDE
- Petitionary \Pe*ti"tion*a*ry\, a.
- 1. Supplicatory; making a petition. [1913 Webster]
- Pardon Rome, and any petitionary countrymen. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition; as, a petitionary epistle. --Swift. [1913 Webster]