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Petitionary [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Supplicatory; coming with a petition.

2. Pardon thy petitionary countrymen.

3. Containing a petition or request; as a petitionary prayer; a petitionary epistle.

Petitionary [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Supplicatory; making a petition.

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