sportulary

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adjective

Subsisting on alms or charitable contributions.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adjectivesportulary (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleterareSubsisting on alms or charitable contributions.

    Hereupon it is, that these sportulary preachers are fain to sooth up their many masters […]

    1649, Joseph Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Divers Practicall cases of Conscience
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APA

sportulary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportulary

MLA

“sportulary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportulary. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sportulary,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportulary.

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