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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of the nature of or expressing a petition;
- Example: "the petitionary procedure had a quality of indecisiveness"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Petitionary \Pe*ti"tion*a*ry\, a.
   1. Supplicatory; making a petition.
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            Pardon Rome, and any petitionary countrymen. --Shak.
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   2. Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition; as, a
      petitionary epistle. --Swift.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

petitionary
    adj 1: of the nature of or expressing a petition; "the
           petitionary procedure had a quality of indecisiveness"