Meanings
adjectivelimitary (not comparable)
- not comparableOf or pertaining to a limit or boundary.
Proud limitary cherub.
1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC - not comparableThat limits or restricts.
Doctrines limitary, if not subversive of the papal power.
1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity - not comparableConfined within limits; limited in extent, authority, power, etc.
The limitary ocean.
1835, Richard Chenevix Trench, To a Friend1 more example
For a philosopher should not see with the eyes of the poor limitary creature, calling himself a man of the world, […]
1821 September–October, [Thomas De Quincey], “(please specify the page)”, in Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, 2nd edition, London: […] [J. Moyes] for Taylor and Hessey, […], published 1823, →OCLC
Origin
- Latinlīmitāris
- Englishlimitary
From Latin līmitāris.
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Bulgarian ограничаващ, ограничен
- ограничаващ (ograničavašt)of or pertaining to a limit
- ограничен (ograničen)confined within limits
Czech ohraničený
- ohraničenýconfined within limits
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APA
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“limitary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limitary. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “limitary,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limitary.
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