Meanings
adjectivepetitionary (not comparable)
- not comparablesupplicatory or asking; making a petition
I have been blown out of your gates with sighs; and conjure thee to pardon Rome and thy petitionary countrymen.
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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i] - not comparableContaining a petition, or having the nature of a petition.
August 17, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift petitionary epistles
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof the nature of or expressing a petition
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Origin
From petition + -ary. Doublet of petitioner.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian умолителен
- умолителен (umolitelen)making a petition
Portuguese petitório, peticionário
- petitóriomaking a petition
- peticionáriomaking a petition
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APA
petitionary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petitionary
MLA
“petitionary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petitionary. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “petitionary,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petitionary.
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